Sweden vs. United states

Type of Government/Constitution Sweden  Constitutional Democracy  Prime Minister  Stefan Lofven  Appointed  4 years United States  Democracy  President  Barack Obama  Elected  4 years  Qualifications  35 years old  Natural born Citizen of U.S.  Lived in U.S. for 14 years

Sweden  Parliament  Unicameral  349 members United States  Congress  Bicameral  535 members

Sweden  Freedom of the press act  Freedom of expression  Freedom of information  Freedom of Assembly  Freedom to demonstrate  Freedom of association  Freedom to worship United States  Freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion  Right to bare arms  Search and seizure  Don’t have to house soldiers

Political Parties Sweden  Multi-party system  Swedish Social Democratic party  Egalitarian Society  Moderate party  Small role of government in economy  Green party  Anti nuclear power  Liberal people’s party  Market oriented economy and social welfare system  Centre party  Social and environmental development  Sweden democrats  Anti-immigration  Christian Democrats  Family friendly  Left party  Socialism, feminism, and environment United States  Two party system  Democratic party  Liberal  Republican  Conservative

Elections and Voting Sweden  Voting  Age 18  Swedish citizen and resident  Elections occur every 4 years  General elections United States  Voting  Age 18  U.S. Citizen  Elections every 4 years  Primary and general elections

Taxes and Government Finance Sweden  charge income taxes  Other taxes  Value added tax, environmental tax, real estate tax, municipal tax  Government Spending  Military: $700 million  Education: 61.9 billion seks  Healthcare: 34.1 billion seks United States  Charge income taxes  Other taxes  Sales tax, property tax, sin tax  Government spending  Military: $650 billion  Education: $550 billion  Healthcare: $2.8 trillion

Law Sweden  1.23 million total crimes  66 incarnates per 100,000  There is no law against death penalty  They have juries and lay judges but not necessarily for every case United States  million total crimes  0.94 % of adult population in prison  Uses death penalty  For every case there must be a jury unless a civil case but in that matter if they want they may have a jury

Relationship  Sweden and the United States  Throughout history Sweden has been Neutral but helped the U.S. become as it is today  Through economics the two countries have great relations  Through military Sweden is neutral but supports NATO and the U.S.