Voting when and where it suits you has meant that early voting constitutes an increasingly large proportion of the votes in parliamentary, regional and municipal elections.
The number is a record. There were just over 3.1 million early voters in the 2022 election. Then we have more eligible voters in this year's election so we will see what the percentage ultimately ends up being, says Jenny Stad at the Swedish Election Authority.
The changed voting behaviour has meant that there have sometimes been queues even at locations that offer early voting.
We have encouraged people to come in good time, but there are usually many people who vote early in the days before election day, says Jenny Stad.
Early voting has been under way since August 26. In the 2022 election, a total of 3,153,628 people voted early.
