Spring Budget Allocates 11.5 Billion Kronor for Key Investments

The Spring Budget contains new proposals for 11.5 billion kronor, which are added to the current budget for 2025. This is how they are distributed.

» Published: April 15 2025

Spring Budget Allocates 11.5 Billion Kronor for Key Investments
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Stimulus package of 5.8 billion kronor, of which:

Temporarily increased tax deduction for home repairs: 4.35 billion kronor

Increased road maintenance: 0.5 billion kronor

More places at vocational colleges: 0.407 billion kronor

More places at regional vocational adult education: 0.302 billion kronor

Increased payments from wage guarantee: 1.15 billion kronor

Increased costs for unemployment insurance: 1 billion kronor

Increased expenditures for international organizations: 0.55 billion kronor

Psychiatric care: 0.5 billion kronor

The Prison and Probation Service: 0.484 billion kronor

Increased school safety: 0.353 billion kronor

Measures against youth crime: 0.357 billion kronor, of which:

More youth care places in municipalities: 0.1 billion kronor

More youth care places in SIS: 0.2 billion kronor

School social teams: 0.05 billion kronor

Other: approximately 1.3 billion kronor, of which:

Measures against hybrid warfare: 0.096 billion kronor

The Swedish Maritime Administration: 0.071 billion kronor

Cost of cancelled digital national tests: 0.082 billion kronor

Civil defense: 0.085 billion kronor

Total: approximately 11.5 billion kronor

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