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  • Local democracy in municipalities and regions

    In the survey on local democracy in municipalities and regions, Statistics Sweden examines citizens’ opportunities to have an impact between elections. Information on council organisation, security efforts concerning elected representatives, audits and community information is also included in the results.

  • It is possible to have an impact between elections

    In 2015, one or more citizen dialogues were held in 75 percent of Swedish municipalities, an increase of 10 percentage points compared with 2011. The use of social media by municipalities also increased by 20 percentage points. However, the number of citizen councils for young people decreased.