More votes are raised for vaccine passes for cultural events.

Several players in the music industry see it as an alternative and both in Expressen and Dagens Nyheter, debate articles have been written in favor of the passports on the culture pages.

Kulturnyheterna has asked the Swedish parliamentary parties whether they believe Sweden should introduce vaccination certificates at major cultural, entertainment and sports events and whether individual organizers should be allowed to demand it.

(S)

“The Government has proposed in a bill that has been submitted to the Riksdag that the covid-19 Act and the Act on temporary infection control measures at restaurants should be extended to continue the possibility of adapting measures to the infection situation and taking a position on the type of measure in question.

One possibility is to, with the support of the covid-19 law, introduce requirements for completed vaccination for certain types of activities ", writes Lena Hallengren, Minister of Social Affairs.

(L)

The Liberals write that individual actors should be allowed to introduce requirements for vaccinated visitors if they wish.

“Vaccine passports are a good idea for fragile people to be able to move safely in society, provided that they can be designed so that the integrity is secured for people who for medical reasons cannot be vaccinated.

The actors' use of vaccine passports should take place on a voluntary basis ", writes Mattias Holmqvist, press secretary.

(MP)

"The Green Party has not yet taken a position on this, but will wait for the Public Health Agency's documentation and take a position accordingly," writes press secretary Tova Kibal.

(SD)

The Sweden Democrats' deputy group leader Mattias Bäckström Johansson writes that the issue is being discussed internally in the party right now:

"The use of vaccine passports to differentiate people's access to society is not without problems.

Right now, the focus should be on persuading as many people as possible to get vaccinated as their own choice.

Measures that can be perceived as repressive risk instead instilling distrust in both the vaccination program and other measures taken to meet the pandemic. "

(KD)

Acko Ankarberg-Johansson, chairman of the Riksdag's Social Affairs Committee, writes:

“For really big sports, entertainment and cultural events, vaccine passes can be a good opportunity to enable events without too great risks of infection.

The Swedish Public Health Agency should consider this for the time being in order to find a good lifting of restrictions without increasing the risks of infection. "

(C)

The Center Party's first vice chairman Anders W Jonsson answers:

“National vaccination passes are a measure that should be used with caution.

It constitutes a major restriction on human freedom.

It is a tool that can only become relevant when everyone has been offered a vaccine, where it could then be used at major events. ”

The Left Party has not responded to Kulturnyheterna's survey.

Hear Anders W Jonsson (C) develop in the clip.