"I think it is very important that we women also talk a lot and that it is emphasized so that women in politics also get good role models," says Maria Gardfjell, who is a parliamentarian and who is the female parliamentary member who has the most speaking time in parliament since last year elections.

Maria Gardfjell is obviously active in the parliamentary debate, but in the speaker top two men are ahead of her. Lars Beckman, who is a moderate member of parliament, has a speaking time of 6.5 hours since the last election and until November this year.

- I think everyone should talk a lot and often, says Lars Beckman to SVT News.

He still says that he has not reflected as much on whether men speak more than women in Parliament. When he starts from his own party, his experience is that women rather dominate.

- The moderates have more women in parliament than men. And I can see, for example, that during parliamentary question time, we often have more moderate female parliamentarians who sign up than men, says Lars Beckman.

"Problem"

Jens Holm from the Left Party is the one who has spoken second most in Parliament since the last election. He believes that it is a problem if women do not take part in the debate.

- I think it's problematic. I would like women and men to be seen equally in Parliament, says Jens Holm.

Lars Beckman, Maria Gardfjell and Jens Holm seem to agree that a gender equality is important as a role model for society as a whole and not least for those who want to get involved in politics. At the same time, Maria Gardfjell points out that there may actually be some differences between how women and men talk.

"Some women may be extremely better at expressing something important with fewer words," she says, laughing.