How many years does Sweden change its president?

Question

Is it like U.S.A, every 4 years?

Answer 1

Sweden has a Prime Minister instead of a President. He is appointed by the Swedish Speaker of Parliament and confirmed by the entire Parliament following Parliament's election.

So when a new Parliament is elected every 4 years, a new PM can potentially be elected. If the current PM continues to do a good enough job, he can be reappointed and reconfirmed for an unlimited amount 4 year terms. The PM can also be elected out of office with a vote of no confidence, but the parliament can be dissolved after the first 3 months of him being in office (if this is ever done, there will be tremendous unrest nationwide since Swedes love democracy).

Answer 2

This is a trick question... because they have a prime minister appointed by a parliament.

I will explain but first in a sort of way, the answer is 4 years but you ask '.... does Sweden change...'. You see they don't have to change every 4 years.

Contrary to popular and journalistic myth, most prime ministers in parliamentary systems are not appointed for a specific term of office and in effect may remain in power through a number of elections and parliaments. For example, Margaret Thatcher was only ever appointed prime minister on one occasion, in 1979. She remained continually in power until 1990, though she used the assembly of each House of Commons after a general election to reshuffle her cabinet. Some states, however, do have a term of office of the prime minister linked to the period in office on the parliament. Hence the Irish Taoiseach is formally 'renominated' after every general election.

In Sweden, the unicameral Riksdag, the national legislative parliament, has 349 members, popularly elected every 4 consecutive years and is in session generally from September through mid-June. This parliament is required to re-elect the Prime Minister every 4th consecutive year; so you see, even though their might not be an actual change in prime ministers, the answer is 4 years in an indirect way.