Swedish democracy

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• Direkt demokrati The people decide in all matters
• Representativ demokrati We vote for parties who represent us in the parlament
• Proportionella val 20% of the votes in the country gets 20% of the places in parlament.
• Hemliga val U don´t have to say what u are woting for
• Fria val No one is trying to affect your choice
• Allmänna val Everyone can vote
• Lika val Every vote counts the same
• Valsedel the paper u vote on
• Mandat A place in the parlament
• Valkrets We divide the election in Sweden in regions
• 4-procentsspärren Only parties over 4% has people in parlament
• Rosenbad A building in Stockholm were the government work
• Statsminister The head of the government
• Statsrådsberedningen The office of the government
• Regeringschef "Statsministern", head of government
• Verkställande They who make laws work in society
• Ministrar Members of the government
• Departement Departments subordinate to the government with experts
• Myndigheter Functions (places) who help the government to execute decisions
• Tjänstemän People who work at authorities or courts
• Förordningar Explains how laws should work in society
• Beslutande Decision-making
• Talman Speaker
• Utskott Commitees in parlament
• EU-nämnden Committe who works with EU-questions
• Ledamöter Members of parlament
• Kammaren Where the parlament debate and vote
• Votering When the parlament votes
• Regeringsformen Base law which tells how the democracy of Sweden should work
• Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen Base law which talks about freedom of speech
• Tryckfrihetsförordningen Base law which talks about the freedom to print what u want
• Successionsordningen Base law which talks about who will be our next king or queen
• Utredning Inquiry from goverment in lawmaking
• Remiss Referral (to a commitee)
• Proposition Proposal from the government
• Motion Proposal from a member of parlament
• Partigrupper A group in parlament from the same party
• Betänkande Thoughts from a committé in lawmaking
• Riksdagsskrivelse Paper to the government with a new law
• Sveriges rikes lag Book with all the laws
• Inkomster Money in (mostly taxes)
• Utgifter Money out
• EU-parlamentet The parlament in EU
• EU-kommissionen EU government
• Ministerrådet Make laws with EU-parlament
• Europeiska rådet Where the heads of the states gather
• EU-fördraget Base law in EU
• Kommissionär Member of EU-kommissionen
• Interpellationer Questions to ministers
• Konstitutionsutskottet Tackle minister notifications
• Justitieombudsmannen Tackle notifications on authorities
• Misstroendeförklaring Notification against a minister
• Misstroendeomröstning Can cause a minister or government to resign
• Riksrevisionen Controll government economy
• Regionsfullmäktige Region parlament
• Regionsstyrelse Region government
• Kommunfullmäktige Community parlament
• Kommunstyrelse Community government
• Nämnder Expertgroups in a community
• Kommunalskatt Tax on your salary
• Socialism Equality, high taxes, a strong state
• Ideologi Group thoughts on how to rule a society
• Konservatism Conserve traditions and values
• Liberalism Freedom and the rights for individuals
• Ekologism Ecologial balance and sustainability
• Feminism Equality for women
• Staten The mutual, the ruling of society
• Individen The individual
• Klyftor The gap between rich and poor
• Konkurrens Competition between companies
• Solidaritet Support in a group or country
• Offentlig sektor The things owned by the state
• Privat sektor The things owned by individuals or compenies
• Välfärd Right to school, healthcare, care
• Utopi A dream society
• Höger-vänster skalan A scale that divides parties
• GAL-TAN skalan An expending of the right-left scale
• Opposition The parties outside government
• Monarki When the king or queen is head of state
• Statschef Head of state
• Offentlighetsprincipen Members of society can look at everything the authorities do

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