The government is delaying plans to test citizenship applicants on their Swedish language skills.
The Swedish citizenship test is being delayed by one year. The government now expects it to be introduced in October 2027.
“More time is needed to develop and introduce a citizenship test in Swedish,” the government says in a press release.
The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) was commissioned last year to conduct a preliminary study on a citizenship test in social studies and Swedish. However, Stockholm University, which was to assist the UHR, has said it will not have time to develop a Swedish-language test within the specified timeframe. The government is therefore extending the assignment.
“By adjusting the assignment, we are making it easier for Stockholm University to produce a high-quality test,” says Minister of Upper Secondary Education, Higher Education and Research Lotta Edholm (L).
However, the social studies section of the citizenship test may be introduced as planned.
