Sweden on the 12 axes
MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.Sweden is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan. Authority sits at the Democratic extreme, supported by a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.85 and judicial constraints on the executive of 0.97, both on a 0-1 scale (2025). Security leans Liberty, with a prison population of 92 per 100,000 people (2024). Welfare leans Shared, with public social spending of 26% of GDP (2024), and Ownership leans Private. Morality leans Progressive and Religion leans Secular. Structure is close to the centre.
Czechia is the closest country at 90%. Both lean Democratic, Liberty and Progressive, but Sweden is clearly more Shared on Welfare, while Czechia leans more toward Cooperation on foreign policy. See how its politicians and historical figures compare on the page, or take the test to see how close you are to this profile.
Where Sweden sits
- 01Ownership+70PublicPrivate
- 02Markets+55PlannedFree
- 03Welfare-70SharedSelf-reliant
- 04Authority-100DemocraticStrong leader
- 05Security-80LibertyOrder
- 06Structure+10LocalCentral
- 07Morality-85ProgressiveTraditional
- 08Religion-75SecularReligious
- 09Technology-60EmbraceCaution
- 10Culture-25MulticulturalNational identity
- 11Trade-65GlobalProtected
- CooperationStrength
Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built
Who is closest to how Sweden is governed?
Each percentage compares a person's documented positions with the country's current profile, on the axes both have on record. A high score means their views match the status quo. A low one means they would change more.
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What is Sweden's type on the 12 axes?
Read from its laws and institutions, Sweden comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.
Which figure from Sweden is closest to how it is governed today?
Of the people from Sweden profiled here, Olof Palme sits closest to its current policy profile, at 73% on the axes both have on record.
Which countries are governed most like Sweden?
On the 12 axes, Czechia is closest at 90%, followed by the Netherlands at 90%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.