Sweden vs. United states. Type of Government/Constitution Sweden Constitutional Democracy Prime Minister Stefan Lofven Appointed 4 years United.

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 PartiesSweden

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 11.88 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.