Political Finance Database

The party report has to include only campaign election costs of its candidates elected to parliament. The other candidates' campaign finances are not regulated by the law. 

The party report has to include only campaign election costs of its candidates elected to parliament. The other candidates' campaign finances are not regulated by the law. 

Section 9  "Parties and their affiliated organisations, members and alternate members, and electoral candidates for parties may not receive anonymous contributions with a value exceeding 0.05 price base amounts". (2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing)

Section 9  "Parties and their affiliated organisations, members and alternate members, and electoral candidates for parties may not receive anonymous contributions with a value exceeding 0.05 price base amounts". (2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing)

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties or the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing does not explicitly mention any provisions on donations from corporations with government contracts. 

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties or the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing does not explicitly mention any provisions on donations from corporations with government contracts. 

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties or the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing does not explicitly mention any provisions on donations from corporations with partial government ownership. 

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties or the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing does not explicitly mention any provisions on donations from corporations with partial government ownership. 

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties, the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing nor  the OSCE/ODIHR 2018 Election Expert Team Final Report does explicitly mention any contribution limits. 

"Contributions below 2,750 SEK can be reported as anonymous, whereas reports on donations above this threshold need to reveal the donor identity."

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties, the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing nor  the OSCE/ODIHR 2018 Election Expert Team Final Report does explicitly mention any contribution limits. 

"Contributions below 2,750 SEK can be reported as anonymous, whereas reports on donations above this threshold need to reveal the donor identity."

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties, the 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing nor  the OSCE/ODIHR 2018 Election Expert Team Final Report does explicitly mention any contribution limits. 

"Contributions below 2,750 SEK can be reported as anonymous, whereas reports on donations above this threshold need to reveal the donor identity."

The 1972 Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties, The 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing nor  the OSCE/ODIHR 2018 Election Expert Team Final Report does explicitly mention any contribution limits. 

In-kind donations are according to The 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing, Section 2, included in the definition of a donation- however, the law does not mention any limit on such donations. 

In-kind donations are according to The 2018 Act on Transparency of Party Financing, Section 2, included in the definition of a donation- however, the law does not mention any limit on such donations. 

A party is eligible for party assistance if it has received at least one seat in the parliament or more than 2.5 per cent of the votes nationwide at either of the two last elections. Political parties receiving anonymous donations, are not eligible to receive public funding.

Party assistance is allocated in direct proportion to the number of seats won in the Riksdag during the last two elections.

The law regulating the public funding to political parties (The Act on State financial support to political parties (1972:625)) does not mention any provisions for how it should be used. 

The law regulating the public funding to political parties (The Act on State financial support to political parties (1972:625)) does not mention any provisions for free or subsidized access to media for political parties. 

The law regulating the public funding to political parties (The Act on State financial support to political parties (1972:625)) does not mention any provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates. 

The law regulating the public funding to political parties (The Act on State financial support to political parties (1972:625)) does not mention that the provision of direct public funding to political parties is related to gender equality among candidates. 

The law regulating the public funding to political parties (The Act on State financial support to political parties (1972:625)) does not mention any financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties. 

"There are no legal limits on the size or type of expenditures, whereas incomes of parties eligible for public funding ranged from 3 to over 400 million SEK."

"There are no legal limits on the size or type of expenditures, (...)".

"In order to improve the transparency of campaign funding legal regulation of involvement of third parties in electoral campaign could be considered."

"There are no legal limits on the size or type of expenditures, whereas incomes of parties eligible for public funding ranged from 3 to over 400 million SEK."

"There are no legal limits on the size or type of expenditures, whereas incomes of parties eligible for public funding ranged from 3 to over 400 million SEK."

2018 Act on Party Financing, as compared to the 2014 Act, widens the reporting obligations upon parties considerably. Parties that take part in elections to the Riksdag or the European Parliament or hold seats in these assemblies are covered, as before; however, the new law also covers parties taking part in elections to county or municipal councils (section 2). Moreover, the revenue statements are to cover the central level of a party (as before), and now also other levels of the party as well as organisations affiliated to the party. In case the activities of a party are operated by non-profit organisations, these are to submit revenue statements as well (section 3). 

Requirements only apply to those candidates who are appointed a member or alternate member of the parliament. Other candidates' campaign finances are not regulated by the law. 

Section 8  "A person who, following an election, has been appointed a member or alternate member must submit a revenue statement for the calendar year in which the election took place and for every calendar year or part thereof in which they hold that office". 

The Act on Transparency of Party Financing (2018) does not mention any requirement for third parties to submit financial reports on election campaigning. 

Section 27  "Kammarkollegiet is to make the revenue statements available to the public on its website. However, this does not apply to information on the identities of donors referred to in Section 21, if the donor is a natural person.

Kammarkollegiet will also publish on its website information about payments made to it under Section 10 concerning anonymous contributions that must not be accepted. The size of the sum paid in and which non-profit organisation, member, alternate member or electoral candidate made the payment must be indicated."

Section 21  "For contributions referred to in Section 20, point 1 or 3, information about the donor’s identity, the type of contribution made and the size of the contribution must be specifically indicated in the revenue statement if the value of the contribution exceeds 0.5 price base amounts." (Transparency of Party Financing (2018))

In respect of donations from physical or legal persons above the value of 0.005 price base amounts (228 SEK, EUR 22) are to be reported separately and the identity of the donor is to be indicated in respect of such donations if they exceed 0.5 price base amounts (22,750 SEK, EUR 2,187). (GRECO, 2018)

The legislation also ensures that the incomes of a party are accounted for in a comprehensive manner, according to a list contained in section 11.

Section 11

A revenue statement for a non-profit organisation within a party or for a party’s affiliated organisation must contain information about the size of:

1. support under the Act on State Financial Support to Political Parties (1972:625);

2. support under the Act on State financial support to the parliamentary parties’ women’s organisations (2010:473);

3. support under the Act concerning support for the parliamentary work of members of the Riksdag (2016:1109);

4. political party support paid to the party pursuant to Chapter 4, Sections 29 and 30 of the Local Government Act (2017:725);

5. state or municipal support to a youth organisation;

6. membership fees;

7. revenue from sales and lotteries;

8. revenue from cash collections;

9. contributions from private individuals, companies, organisations, associations and other societies, foundations and funds; and

10. other revenue.

The first paragraph, points 8 and 9 apply to revenue of activities conducted in a company or in any other operational form, if the non-profit organisation that is the subject of the revenue statement has a controlling influence on the activities. The same applies to revenue of a foundation associated with the non-profit organisation. Such revenue must be specifically indicated in the revenue statement. (Act on transparency of party financing 2018)

The Kammarkollegiet.

The Kammarkollegiet.

The Kammarkollegiet (the Legal Financial and Administrative Services Agency).

Different types of fines for late submission or submission of inaccurate financial reports.