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A survey conducted by YouGov shows that 17 percent of Swedes think that the monarchy should be abolished and that 34 percent believe that the monarchy is an outdated tradition but the issue is not very important to them. This means that a total of 51 percent have no more interest in the monarchy.
The survey was conducted on the period 8 to 12 October 2015. A total of 1542 interviews were conducted via the Internet with men and women 18+ in Sweden. The sample is representative of the Swedish population in terms of gender, age, region and allocation of votes at the parliamentary election in September 2014.
- For many Republicans monarchy is an institution that doesn't fit into a modern, democratic society where the people in elections elect their political representatives, says Lars Ericson Wolke, Professor of History at the National Defence University on why the interest in the monarchy has fallen.
Whether Sweden will abandon the monarchy and instead becoming a republic in the future, according to him, is not an impossibility, but not something that seems likely in the near term.
- Sure, one can imagine a future scenario of Sweden becoming a republic. But as long as the opinion of the republic is relatively limited, it feels not so likely because no political majority in the Parliament would bring upan issue that probably would not win but just lose.
The monarchy should be abolished in Sweden: 17 percent.
The monarchy is a tradition that should go on: 40 percent.
I think the monarchy is an outdated tradition, but the issue is not important for me: 34 percent.
Do not know: 8 percent.
Total: 100 percent.
Så många vill att monarkin ska avskaffas – Metro
The survey was conducted on the period 8 to 12 October 2015. A total of 1542 interviews were conducted via the Internet with men and women 18+ in Sweden. The sample is representative of the Swedish population in terms of gender, age, region and allocation of votes at the parliamentary election in September 2014.
- For many Republicans monarchy is an institution that doesn't fit into a modern, democratic society where the people in elections elect their political representatives, says Lars Ericson Wolke, Professor of History at the National Defence University on why the interest in the monarchy has fallen.
Whether Sweden will abandon the monarchy and instead becoming a republic in the future, according to him, is not an impossibility, but not something that seems likely in the near term.
- Sure, one can imagine a future scenario of Sweden becoming a republic. But as long as the opinion of the republic is relatively limited, it feels not so likely because no political majority in the Parliament would bring upan issue that probably would not win but just lose.
The monarchy should be abolished in Sweden: 17 percent.
The monarchy is a tradition that should go on: 40 percent.
I think the monarchy is an outdated tradition, but the issue is not important for me: 34 percent.
Do not know: 8 percent.
Total: 100 percent.
Så många vill att monarkin ska avskaffas – Metro