{"id":172253,"date":"2026-06-12T19:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=172253"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:22:18","slug":"regeringen-hojer-sin-egen-lon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-government-is-cutting-its-own-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"The government is raising its own salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>At a time when the government is implementing some of the most significant policy changes in modern history, ministers are receiving even higher salaries.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effective July 1 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riksdagen.se\/sv\/aktuellt\/aktuelltnotiser\/2026\/juni\/12\/nya-arvoden-for-statsraden_cmsbb15edfc-1fc8-4e33-b0fb-ced38668722dsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased<\/a><\/strong> Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson\u2019s monthly salary will be 211,000 kronor, while other ministers will receive 166,500 kronor per month. The increase is approximately 3.4 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Decisions made over the heads of the people<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes after several years in which the Swedish people have faced a series of decisive changes without having a say in any referendum. NATO membership, the DCA agreement with the U.S., and the bill that the Riksdag is expected to vote on June 15 have all been criticized for being pushed through without broad public debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics argue that these decisions entail sweeping changes to Sweden\u2019s security and foreign policy, even though voters have never had the opportunity to directly weigh in on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Receives higher fees<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, it is now clear that the country\u2019s top politicians will receive another pay raise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dMinisters\u201d salaries will be increased on July 1, 2026, following a decision by the Committee on Ministers\u2019 Salaries\u201d<\/em>, writes the Riksdag, <em>\u201dThe monthly salary for the Prime Minister is thus 211,000 kronor, and for other ministers, 166,500 kronor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Growing dissatisfaction<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was made by the Committee on Ministers' Salaries, whose mandate is to determine ministers' compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many Swedes, the timing is likely to cause irritation. While households are being squeezed by high living costs and political decisions are being made further and further removed from voters, top politicians are receiving even higher salaries paid for by taxpayers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO, the DCA, and new NATO decisions without a referendum. At the same time, even higher salaries await the government\u2019s ministers<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":147544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1523,205],"tags":[871,245],"class_list":["post-172253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-liten","category-nyheter","tag-loneokningar","tag-regeringen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}