It was in March last year that the government gave the county administrative boards the task of reviewing the conditions for a wind farm off the coast of Norduppland.
The project, named Najaderna, is driven by the company Eolus.
Erik Slottner owned shares in the company when he took office as minister. At the beginning of the year, they were worth around 000 kronor.
Slottner had previously abstained from decisions in two cases concerning Eolus because he had declared himself biased. But at the decision in March, he participated. In the heading of the decision, the project name Najaderna and the word wind farm are mentioned, but Slottner says he did not know that the decisions concerned his shareholding.
"Should have understood"
In this case, it was almost obvious that there was a conflict of interest and he should have understood, says Olle Lundin, professor of administrative law, to the radio.
Three ministers in The Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson's government have been reported to the Riksdag's Constitutional Committee following decisions related to shareholdings.
The Social Democrats' party secretary Tobias Baudin is deeply critical of how the Prime Minister has handled the issue.
This is not just a minister, it seems to be systematic. It's scandal after scandal, and it raises the question of the Prime Minister's ability to govern his own government.
This is actually starting to smell like corruption.
Goes through rules
The Social Democrats have proposed that ministers should be prohibited from trading in shares and at the Government Offices, work is currently underway to review rules and procedures regarding ministers' shareholdings. It's not enough, according to S.
Kristersson must sit down with his ministers and go through everything and create order and clarity. He must act forcefully and put a stop to this, says Tobias Baudin.
