New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
Your one-stop-shop for information about national parliaments
New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
Your one-stop-shop for information about national parliaments
Sweden
-Parliament
Oversight
Data on parliament’s oversight role and activities
Oversight tools
Parliament has the power to summon members of the government
Source
Legal documents that stipulate parliament's role.
Constitution, The Instrument of Government, 13:5
Parliament has the power to summon senior government officials
Parliament has the power to approve key government appointments
Key government appointments include, for example, ambassadors or the head of the central bank.
Source
Legal documents that stipulate parliament's role.
Constitution, The Instrument of Government, 9:13, 13:6, 13:8
Approximate number of government appointments subject to parliamentary approval
13
Number of written questions asked, per year
Number of written questions answered by the government, per year
Parliament has power to carry out inquiries
Yes
Number of parliamentary inquiries, per year
Not available
See historical data for this field.
Notes
For some parliaments, data can not be presented on an annual basis, for example because parliamentary sessions run from April to March of the following year. In such cases, the period to which the data corresponds is specified here.
Written questions submitted to the Executive between 2013-2017 include interpellations:
2013: 541 interpellations
2014: 523 interpellations
2015: 855 interpellations
2016: 719 interpellations
2017: 710 interpellations
Head of State and/or Government
The Head of Government is also the Head of State
No
Impeachment and confidence motions
Parliament is automatically dissolved when a motion of no confidence is adopted
In some countries, the adoption of a motion of no confidence in the Government automatically leads to the dissolution of Parliament in certain countries. In other cases, a new government can be formed.
No