Our main sources
The starting point is the Swedish Council for Higher Education's (UHR) public educational material Sverige i fokus. Facts are checked against primary sources when necessary, including:
- the Swedish Parliament and the Government Offices of Sweden for legislation, democracy and the system of government,
- the Swedish Election Authority for elections and voting rights,
- Statistics Sweden for official statistics, and
- the responsible Swedish public authority or institution for each subject area.
A source link appears after each answered question so that you can check the information and read it in context.
How a question is produced
- A clear learning objective is identified in a public source.
- A new question is written. We do not copy real test questions or try to imitate a confidential question bank.
- One correct answer and three plausible but incorrect alternatives are created. The question must have one unambiguous best answer.
- A short explanation and source are added. Time-sensitive figures and rules are flagged for later review.
- The question is reviewed for clear language, unnecessary ambiguity and answer choices that might reveal the correct answer by their form.
Languages and translations
Swedish is the reference language for the content. The English and Arabic versions must convey the same fact and answer, but natural wording may be preferable to a word-for-word translation. Names of public authorities and key Swedish terms are retained when they are important to learn.
The responsible authority decides the language and permitted aids for the official test. Practising in English or Arabic does not mean that the official test can be taken in those languages.
Updates and corrections
Questions should be reviewed when a link stops working, a law or fact changes, or a user reports an error. The date on these information pages shows when the text was last updated; the publication date of an individual source may be older.
Found an error? Send the question ID, language and a current source to hello@provkollen.se.
Limitations
There is no guarantee that the question bank covers everything that may appear on an official test. The format, dates, content, fees and pass requirements may change. Current information from the responsible authority always takes precedence over information on Provkollen.