Popularity of the Monarchy in Sweden

[Duc_et_Pair]

The people like the king and don't want a republic
The king marches into the jubilee year 2023 with good numbers according to the SOM institute's measurement. He is popular in most groups and trust in the Swedish Royal House is stable. Support for introducing a republic is the lowest in 20 years. Crown Princess Victoria is still the survey's most popular public figure.
- Men and women like the king equally, but when it comes to Crown Princess Victoria, it is clear that women are particularly positive. Even the people who believe that the monarchy should be abolished generally have a positive image of the crown princess, something that must provide good conditions for a future accession to the throne, says Ulrika Andersson, researcher at the SOM institute and responsible for the study.
Ahead of the anniversary year 2023, 44 % of Swedes have fairly or very high confidence in how the Royal Household handles its work, compared to 20 % who have fairly or very little confidence.
For the first time since 2018, the Swedes' attitude to the proposal to introduce a republic with a popularly elected president was studied. Support for this proposal is the lowest measured since 2001. Only 11 % are positive and 68 percent are negative.
Folket tycker om kungen och vill inte ha republik _ Göteborgs universitet

Strange that the 44% of fairly or very high confidence in the Royal House is seen as good. (Of course it is good). But in my country, on April 15th the public tv had its annual King's Day poll on the monarchy and reported 46% with a lot of trust and 30% with neither a lot nor little trust. The opitcs were diametral as in Sweden, so to see: this was "dis-as-trous for the monarchy" etc etc. Of course it has all to do with creating a media frenzy and click baits. In this Jubilee Jear King Carl XVI Gustaf may be happy with sufficient support so far.

 

[LadyFinn]

Survey: The King has done his thing - time for the Crown Princess to take over
The majority of Swedes think that the King has handled his office well, but that it is now time to hand over to Crown Princess Victoria. That is the opinion of a majority of those who answered a survey that Dagens Nyheter had Ipsos conduct.
- The King's time on the throne is running out, if you listen to the voters. There is a clear shift in public opinion, says Nicklas Källebring, opinion analyst at Ipsos.
This is said to be the first time a majority wants to see Victoria on the throne. 43 % believe the King should step down, 38 % want him to stay. 64 % believe that the King did a good job during his time on the throne, only 25 % think the opposite.
Monarchy as a form of government also has strong support. 62 % believe it should be kept, while 25 % believe it should be abolished.
The survey is based on 1,291 interviews, conducted in August.
Undersökning_ Kungen har gjort sitt
Ipsos_ Dags för Victoria att ta över

 

[PhillyMonarchist]

Survey: The King has done his thing - time for the Crown Princess to take over
The majority of Swedes think that the King has handled his office well, but that it is now time to hand over to Crown Princess Victoria. That is the opinion of a majority of those who answered a survey that Dagens Nyheter had Ipsos conduct.
- The King's time on the throne is running out, if you listen to the voters. There is a clear shift in public opinion, says Nicklas Källebring, opinion analyst at Ipsos.
This is said to be the first time a majority wants to see Victoria on the throne. 43 % believe the King should step down, 38 % want him to stay. 64 % believe that the King did a good job during his time on the throne, only 25 % think the opposite.
Monarchy as a form of government also has strong support. 62 % believe it should be kept, while 25 % believe it should be abolished.
The survey is based on 1,291 interviews, conducted in August.
Undersökning_ Kungen har gjort sitt
Ipsos_ Dags för Victoria att ta över

Yeah I am sure the voters of the rebanded communist party would change their minds if the king gave Victoria the throne

 

[Silverpot]

Strange that the 44% of fairly or very high confidence in the Royal House is seen as good. (Of course it is good). But in my country, on April 15th the public tv had its annual King's Day poll on the monarchy and reported 46% with a lot of trust and 30% with neither a lot nor little trust. The opitcs were diametral as in Sweden, so to see: this was "dis-as-trous for the monarchy" etc etc. Of course it has all to do with creating a media frenzy and click baits. In this Jubilee Jear King Carl XVI Gustaf may be happy with sufficient support so far.

If you compare it with 20% confidence in the political parties and 42% for the Parliament, it's pretty good.

 

[LadyFinn]

A new survey:
Demoskop made a survey two days after QMII's abdication news on behalf of Aftonbladet within the framework of the Inizio panel, which reflects the Swedish people. The target group is the general public aged 16 and over. The survey includes 1,005 interviews during the period 2-3 January 2024 and is conducted as a web survey.
The selection is pre-stratified and weighted by age, gender, region and party in the previous election.
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Support for the king is stronger than in a long time
Queen Margrethe abdicates. In Sweden, it has been discussed whether the king should follow the same path.
Demoskop's survey now shows that support for King Carl XVI Gustaf is stronger than in a long time. 46% think that the king should remain as head of state. This is an increase of 6% compared to the previous survey in September in connection with the King's Jubilee.
- What stands out in the survey is that an increasing proportion of Swedes want to keep the king as head of state. We can see in the open answers that it is very much about continuity, you think you have got a better picture of what the royal house and the king have contributed and what the king has done for Sweden. There were very positive reviews, says Karin Nelsson, CEO of Demoskop.
A lot of focus has been on the royal family due to Queen Silvia's birthday and the reporting about the royal family during Christmas.
The respondents were also asked if the king should abdicate in favor of Crown Princess Victoria. The proportion there was 37%, unchanged. The percentage of women who thought the king should abdicate is higher than the percentage of men. Of the women, 40% think that the king should abdicate, while of the men, 34%.
52% answered that they had confidence in the royal family. 29% have very high confidence.
Undersökning visar_ Så starkt är stödet för kungen

 

[Marengo]

Is the 29% part of the 52% of confidence? Or does it come on top of it. If the latter is the case these are certainly good numbers!

 

[JR76]

Is the 29% part of the 52% of confidence? Or does it come on top of it. If the latter is the case these are certainly good numbers!

It comes on top of it.

 

[Adda]

So, 81% approval? Those are great numbers!
I'd like to see Victoria as Queen before 2030, though.

 

[LadyFinn]

38 % believe that King Carl XVI Gustaf should hand over to Crown Princess Victoria and almost as many, 34 %, think that the king should remain on the throne. This is evident from a new Novus survey published in Svenska Dagbladet.
The survey was conducted shortly after Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announced her abdication.
Drottningens beslut har inte påverkat Sveriges attityd
Opinionsundersökning om Kungen – så tycker svenskarna _ SvD

 

[LadyFinn]

Novus tells more about the newest survey at its website:
Support for the Swedish monarchy is great. 65% of the people believe that Sweden should retain the monarchy. Actually no changes to 2023.
63% believe that the king is a very or fairly good representative of Sweden. Only 13% consider him a bad representative. About the same level as in 2023.
70% believe that the Swedish royal family is a very or fairly good representative of Sweden. 10% consider them to be a very or rather poor representative.
34% believe that the king should remain in office as long as possible. 38% that he should hand over to Victoria shortly. Compared to 2023, it is largely the same result. The Swedes haven't changed their mind, and Queen Margrethe's decision to abdicate hasn't affected the people's view of how the King of Sweden should act.
There is no doubt about who the Swedish people want to see as the next regent. 82% of Swedes want to see Victoria as the next regent. Opinions have not changed compared to the previous year.
Crown Princess Victoria is the one in the royal family most want to have coffee with. 39% would like to have coffee with her, followed by the King, with whom 17% of the people would like to have coffee with. Every fifth Swede is not particularly interested in having coffee with anyone in the royal family.
Så ser svenskarna på Kungen och monarkin - Novus