Sweden is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a tax-funded universal welfare state and an open, export-oriented economy. It joined NATO in 2024 after two centuries of non-alignment and has tightened migration policy.
In the 12 Axes register, Sweden leans hardest on Irreligious – Religious: Irreligious 68%; the register median is Religious 68%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Sweden, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Sweden sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary with strong municipalities
Representative Democracy
Proportional single-chamber parliament
Liberal
Strong press and civil freedoms
Cooperation
EU member, NATO since 2024
Neutral
Ended non-alignment, rebuilding defence
Polyculturalist
Shift to stricter integration
Social Democratic
Tax-funded universal welfare
Balanced
Open markets, strong unions
Free Trade
Export-dependent EU economy
Agnostic
Church disestablished in 2000
Progressive
Gender equality central to policy
Technological
Highly digitalised state
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Irreligious – Religious
On Irreligious – Religious, Sweden is at Irreligious 68%. The register median is Religious 68%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Sweden is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Eddo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
