Should Sweden adopt the euro? Polling gives clear results

The Swedes already voted against adopting the euro in 2003

By Remix News Staff
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A new poll from Sweden leaves no doubt about what Swedes think about adopting the euro currency for their own country, rejecting it by nearly a 24-point margin.

According to the results of a survey published on Wednesday by the Swedish Statistical Office (SCB), 52.1 percent of Swedes would be opposed to adopting the euro currency in a referendum. Only 28.7 percent would be in favor of changing the currency to the euro.

A significant amount of the population, 19 percent, said that they had no opinion on the matter.

In comparison with the same survey from May 2025, the percentage of opponents of the euro increased, while the percentage of supporters decreased.

Sweden joined the EU in 1995 and unlike Denmark, did not negotiate a derogation to retain its own currency. However, the Swedes rejected the idea of introducing the euro in a plebiscite in 2003, where 55.9 percent of voters voted against the EU currency, and 42 percent said yes.

In Sweden, the issue of introducing the euro resurfaced in March this year when the country’s co-ruling Liberal party reached an agreement with the Sweden Democrats on a 2030 deal to hold a referendum on this issue. The Liberals are the most pro-EU formation in the Swedish parliament, and the Sweden Democrats believe that the Swedish krona should remain the nation’s currency.

Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson of the liberal-conservative Moderate Coalition Party announced the publication of a report on the benefits of converting the krona into the euro. This document would be published during the next parliamentary term. The euro issue is not at the forefront of the campaign for the Swedish parliamentary elections scheduled for Sept. 13.

VIA:Do Rzeczy
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