September 14, 2003
The 2003 euro referendum
Should Sweden adopt the euro as its currency? No won clearly and Sweden kept the krona.
No received the most votes, 55.9 %. Turnout was 82.6 %.
Show resultReferendums
Sweden has held six national referendums, and all of them are here. 1980, 1994 and 2003 have results for counties and municipalities (1994 and 2003 also voting districts), the three oldest only for the whole country. All of them were advisory.
November 13, 1994
The 1994 EU membership referendum
Should Sweden join the European Union under the negotiated agreement? Yes won and Sweden joined in 1995.
Yes received the most votes, 52.3 %. Turnout was 83.3 %.
Show resultMarch 23, 1980
The 1980 nuclear power referendum
Three lines on how nuclear power should be phased out. Line 2 received the most votes.
Line 2 received the most votes, 39.1 %. Turnout was 75.6 %.
Show resultOctober 13, 1957
The 1957 supplementary pension referendum
How should a pension on top of the basic state pension be organised? Three lines, and line 1 (general and mandatory) received the most votes but no majority of its own.
Line 1 received the most votes, 45.8 %. Turnout was 72.4 %.
Show resultOctober 16, 1955
The 1955 right-hand traffic referendum
Should Sweden switch to driving on the right? A very large majority voted No and wanted to keep driving on the left.
No received the most votes, 82.9 %. Turnout was 53.2 %.
Show resultAugust 27, 1922
The 1922 prohibition referendum
Should Sweden introduce a complete ban on alcoholic beverages? No won by a narrow margin.
No received the most votes, 51.0 %. Turnout was 55.1 %.
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Municipal referendums are not included yet.