Members of the Riksdag who have further than 50 kilometres from the address where they are registered as resident to the Rikdag buildings are entitled to overnight accommodation. Here the rules and procedures that apply to members' overnight accommodation are described.
The overnight accommodation can be located in one of the properties owned or rented by the Riksdag Administration, but members can also be reimbursed for overnight accommodation that they own or rent themselves. If members have their own overnight accommodation and share it with someone else, they are reimbursed for their part of the accommodation costs.
The Riksdag Administration's overnight accommodation
The Riksdag Administration has a number of overnight flats. The flats have basic furnishings and cooking facilities.
The members stay free of charge in accommodation owned or rented by the Riksdag Administration. The Riksdag Administration distributes the overnight accommodation among the Riksdag party groups, based on the number of members that live outside Stockholm. The party groups then distribute the accommodation among their members.
Private overnight accommodation
Private overnight accommodation can include accommodation that the member owns or rents or sublet property. The accommodation must be situated no more than 50 kilometres from the Riksdag. The members can receive compensation for the monthly charge, but only up to a certain amount. Today the maximum compensation is SEK 8,600 per month. If electricity is not included in the rent, the members also receive SEK 120 per month in compensation for electricity costs.
Members who own the flat themselves receive compensation for the monthly charge to the tenant-owner association, but not for any mortgage or interest costs.
Members wishing to claim compensation for their own overnight accommodation are to submit an application together with supporting documents (for example a sublet contract) that verifies the cost. Ahead of each new parliamentary year, if a member changes accommodation or there is some other change that affects the compensation, the member submits a new application.
Family members etc. who stay overnight
Members of the Riksdag can let family members/close friends stay overnight in overnight accommodation. The members must then pay a charge for each such overnight stay. Children under the age of 18 may stay overnight free of charge. In connection with the opening of the Riksdag session and other official events, family members/close friends can stay overnight free of charge.
However, family members/close friends are not permitted to stay overnight on their own for more than one or two nights.
Applicable rules
The rules that apply to overnight accommodation are set out in these laws and regulations (in Swedish):