A pre-election survey published by Green Power Sweden has found that a majority of Sweden’s parliamentary parties support reducing electricity tax, with the most ambitious factions backing cuts from the current rate of 36 öre per kilowatt-hour to the EU minimum of 0.6 öre/kWh. The survey was distributed to all parliamentary parties in March 2026, ahead of Sweden’s general election in September.
Reducing electricity tax received the strongest cross-party backing of all five proposals in the survey. Sverigedemokraterna and Liberalerna were the most supportive of deep cuts, while most parties also endorsed an electrification target linked to Sweden’s climate goals, with interim targets for 2030 and 2035. The parties also showed near-unanimous agreement that strengthening energy independence is in Sweden’s national interest amid ongoing geopolitical instability.
Around half of the parties surveyed said wind host municipalities should receive long-term compensation — a proposal that has become increasingly relevant as community acceptance has emerged as a key factor in Swedish wind project planning. The parties showing the broadest alignment with Green Power Sweden’s full policy agenda were Centerpartiet and Liberalerna, closely followed by Miljöpartiet and Vänsterpartiet.
“The strong support for our proposals is encouraging,” said Nils Grunditz, CEO of Green Power Sweden. “But good ambitions are not enough. We need a term of government that paves the way for investment in wind, solar and energy storage.” The association stressed that concrete decisions — not just intentions — are needed to enable Sweden’s energy transition at the required pace.
