Riksdagen · Motion · 05.10.2026
Left Party motion calls for a complete halt to Arctic fossil fuel extraction
Swedish title: med anledning av skr. 2025/26:268 Sveriges strategi för ett fredligt, säkert och hållbart Arktis — av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
Summary
A motion by Nooshi Dadgostar and others from the Left Party calls on Sweden’s government to pursue a complete halt to fossil fuel extraction in the Arctic and an international moratorium on deep-sea mining. It also proposes sustainable resource use during Sweden’s 2027–2029 Arctic Council chairmanship, demilitarisation and Indigenous participation in security-policy discussions. The supplied text is cut off during the list of proposals.
Why it matters
The proposals concern Arctic energy extraction and resource governance, although the supplied text contains no adopted decisions.
In their words
Swedish original
“Riksdagen ställer sig bakom det som anförs i motionen om att regeringen ska verka för ett totalstopp för fossilutvinning i den arktiska regionen och tillkännager detta för regeringen.”
English translation
The Riksdag endorses the motion’s proposal that the government should work towards a complete halt to fossil fuel extraction in the Arctic region and notifies the government accordingly.
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Filed by
Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
Nooshi Dadgostar, Vänsterpartiet (V), Riksdagen, Regeringen, Arktiska rådet, FN
Summary drafted with AI from the original Swedish and reviewed by an Allemans editor. The original document is the authoritative version.
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