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Sweden’s finance minister says voters face choice over higher or lower taxes in September election
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 16, 2026
Last updated: January 16, 2026

Sweden’s Economic Outlook and Tax Policies
STOCKHOLM, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Sweden’s Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said on Friday that a general election in September this year will be a referendum on taxes.
Impact of Tax Cuts on Families
Sweden’s economy is picking up speed after treading water for the last couple of years with the full effects of a series of rate cuts by the central bank still to be felt.
Central Bank Rate Cuts and Economic Growth
“The election this autumn, concerning economic matters, will be a referendum on taxes,” Svantesson told a press conference.
She said the average family will have available 5,000 crowns ($542) more per month in 2026 compared with 2022 thanks to tax cuts by the right wing government coalition. Â
($1 = 9.2336 Swedish crowns)
(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom and Simon Johnson, editing by Terje Solsvik)