The Migration Court in Malmö has reached this conclusion in a ruling regarding a man from a country outside the EU who has lived in Sweden since 2019. He applied for citizenship in June 2025. The Migration Board rejected his application on June 9, 2026 - three days after the legal amendment that tightened the requirement for eight years of residence in Sweden.
"The legislator has democratically decided to tighten the conditions for being granted Swedish citizenship. That legislation came into force on June 6, 2026 without transitional provisions, which was undoubtedly deliberate on the part of the legislator," the court writes in its decision.
