The topics on the citizenship test: eight areas and how to study each one
The test’s roughly 60 questions are spread across all parts of society — from the Riksdag to preschool. Here are the eight areas we train, with concrete study tips for each.
The civics citizenship test, run by UHR since 15 August 2026, measures basic knowledge of how Sweden works. With about 60 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes the test can cover many areas, and the questions are asked in Swedish. UHR describes the test content on its website — that description is the one that counts. Here we have divided the material into eight areas that make it easier to study systematically.
Areas 1–2: democracy and elections, and the system of government. Learn how the Riksdag, the government, the regions and the municipalities fit together, what happens every fourth September, what a constitutional law is and who is allowed to vote. Study tip: draw a picture of the three levels (Riksdag — region — municipality) and write what each is responsible for, for example healthcare for the region and schools for the municipality.
Areas 3–4: laws, rights and duties, and the welfare system. This includes fundamental rights and freedoms, equal treatment, children’s rights, the police and courts, but also how tax, sickness insurance, parental benefit and pensions work. Study tip: read the simplest information pages of Försäkringskassan and Skatteverket in Swedish and learn the words — they turn up both in the test and in your daily life.
Areas 5–6: work and income, and education. Common questions concern collective agreements, trade unions, unemployment insurance (a-kassa), what Arbetsförmedlingen does, as well as compulsory schooling, preschool, upper secondary school and komvux. Study tip: take your own employment contract or your child’s school information and look up every word you do not know — it is the same vocabulary the test uses.
Areas 7–8: everyday life with housing, health and geography, and Swedish history. This covers rental and tenant-owned housing, 1177 and the health centre, the right of public access, provinces and major cities, and key dates such as the breakthrough of democracy and Sweden joining the EU in 1995. Study tip: the history part is quickest to learn with a timeline on one A4 sheet that you read through every day for a week.
How to organise your studying: take one area per day for eight days, do QuickSwedish’s practice questions for that area and write down the words you misunderstood. Then sit a full timed mock test, see which areas pull your score down and revise them. Given that the test costs 2 000 kr per sitting from 2027, two weeks of focused practice is cheap insurance.