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Features · Belonging · Published 7 August 2026

Sweden’s foreign-born voters trail Swedish-born voters by 22 points

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Updated 08:45 · 2 min read

Ballot papers laid out for Sweden's 2014 general election.
Ballot papers laid out for Sweden's 2014 general election.. Image: Jens O. Z. Ehrs for Southerly Clubs / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

Sweden's 2022 parliamentary election had 84 percent turnout, a level many democracies would celebrate. Behind it was a 22-point gap between voters born in Sweden and those born abroad: 89 percent compared with 67 percent.

The difference does not disappear with age. Statistics Sweden found lower participation among foreign-born voters throughout the age distribution. People born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents

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