The Essentials

Three weeks before the election you will get a voting card — "röstkort" — in the post. This voting card contains information about what building you are supposed to vote in. Often this is a school relatively close to your home, a library or the town hall. There is also

Each election has a separate ballot colour. Sometimes you may be given ballot papers by party representatives as part of their campaigning, but everything you need will be available inside the place of voting. 1. For "val till riksdagen" the ballot papers are yellow. The paper also has

If you are away on the election day, or just want to get it over with, you can vote ahead of time. The Swedish verb for early voting is förtidsrösta. There are quite a few places where you can vote ahead of time, and the important thing is to bring

What this means Voting by courier is available when you can not make it to the place of voting yourself, for any of several reasons. For example due to illness, age, disability or being held in jail or prison. You can prepare the vote and someone else brings it to