Swedish Democracy 100 years today

Today we celebrate 100 years of democracy, since we this date 1918 won the universal right to vote in our country.

Sweden has had 100 consecutive years of democratic ruling. Year after year Sweden is ranked among the best democracies in the world by a number of different ranking institutions.

Today Sweden is one of the richest countries invthe world, but it hasn’t always been so.

A hundred years ago, Sweden was suffering from food shortages and rapidly growing inequalities between the rich and the poor. The country was on the brink of rebellion.

But the crisis was resolved: the people won the universal right to vote, and soon thereafter, so did women.

Swedish children, regardless where they are born, all have a right to go to school and in school we learn about democracy – our rights and oblugations. Democracy can never be taken for granted, it has to be won every day.

This is a big day for us and the world.