Democracy and politics

How Region Stockholm is governed

From 2022 to 2026, Region Stockholm is being governed by a minority coalition comprised of the Social Democrats, the Centre Party and the Green Party with the support of the Left Party. The seats in the Regional Council for this mandate period are as follows:

Number of seats

• Vänsterpartiet - 18 seats
• Socialdemokraterna - 50 seats
• Miljöpartiet - 6 seats
• Centerpartiet - 9 seats
• Liberalerna - 9 seats
• Kristdemokraterna - 10 seats
• Moderaterna - 31 seats
• Sverigedemokraterna - 16 seats

Political organisation

Regional Council

The Regional Council is the highest decision-making body in Region Stockholm. As a resident entitled to vote, you have the opportunity to vote for the politicians you think should sit on the Regional Council.

Regional Executive Committee

The Regional Executive Committee oversees and coordinates the day-to-day work of Region Stockholm's committees and companies. The Executive Committee prepares decisions to be considered by the Regional Council and ensures that adopted decisions are implemented.

Regional Advisory Committee

The Regional Advisory Committee is responsible for ensuring that various matters are prepared and tabled for decisions by the different political bodies. Committee members are nominated by their parties and elected by the Regional Council.

How your tax money is distributed

The budget is the primary governing policy document for all of Region Stockholm's operations. The elected politicians use the budget to decide how the funds are to be distributed and the tax rate residents are to pay.

• SEK 86 billion
  Healthcare
• SEK 15 billion
  Public transport
  
  
• SEK 619 million
  Culture
  
  
• SEK 190 million
  Regional development
  
  
• SEK 2.69 billion
  Other operations
  
  
• SEK 104.5 billion
  Total appropriations