Significantly more Swedes than before want to replace the krona with the euro. Over two years, support for the EU currency has increased from 23 to 34 per cent, according to the SCB.
More Swedes than last year want to replace the krona with the euro, according to a new measurement from Statistics Sweden (SCB). In the May measurement, 34.4 per cent answer yes to the question of whether they want to replace the krona with the euro.
Even though significantly more are still against the introduction of the euro in Sweden, support for the EU currency has steadily strengthened over the past ten years, with an extra boost in last year's and this year's SCB measurement.
In last year's May measurement, 30.6 per cent of those surveyed answered that they would vote yes to the euro if a new referendum were held. The year before that, the figure was 22.6 per cent. When support was at its lowest around 2012/2013, only one in ten answered yes to the same question.
Weaker Krona
Meanwhile, the value of the krona has clearly weakened.
At the same time, 46 per cent answered that they would vote no in this year's May measurement. Last May, half (50.6) of Swedes were against replacing the krona with the euro, down from a peak level of around 80 per cent over ten years ago.
The rest, around 20 per cent, answered don't know.
Bourgeois voters are more positive towards the euro. And generally, men and older people are more euro-positive than women and younger people, according to the SCB measurement broken down into different levels. Among male 65-plussers, nearly 46 per cent are in favour of switching to the euro. Among women under 30, 25.6 per cent answer yes to the question:
"If we were to hold a referendum today on replacing the krona as a currency, would you then vote yes or no to introducing the euro as a currency in Sweden?"
The measurement is part of the SCB's large party sympathy survey, in which 4,427 responded. The selection was 9,236, which gives a response frequency of nearly 50 per cent.
