Editing Suffrage (section)

===Sweden===
* 1809 – New [[constitution]] adopted and [[separation of power]]s outlined in the [[Instrument of Government (1809)|Instrument of Government]].
* 1810 – The [[Swedish Parliament Act of 1810|Riksdag Act]], setting out the procedures of functioning of the [[Riksdag]], is introduced.
* 1862 – Under the [[Swedish municipal reforms of 1862|municipal laws of 1862]], some women were entitled to vote in [[local elections]].
* 1865 – [[Parliament of Four Estates]] abolished and replaced by a [[bicameral]] [[legislature]]. The members of the First Chamber were elected indirectly by the county councils and the municipal assemblies in the larger towns and cities.
* 1909 – All men who had done their [[military service]] and who paid [[tax]] were granted suffrage.
* 1918 – [[Universal Suffrage|Universal]], and [[#Equal suffrage|equal]] suffrage were introduced for [[local elections]].
* 1919 – [[Universal Suffrage|Universal]], [[#Equal suffrage|equal]], and [[women's suffrage]] granted for general elections.
* 1921 – First [[1921 Swedish general election|general election]] with [[Universal Suffrage|universal]], [[#Equal suffrage|equal]], and [[women's suffrage]] enacted, although some groups were still unable to vote.
* 1922 – Requirement that men had to have completed national [[military service]] to be able to vote abolished.
* 1937 – [[Intern]]s in [[prison]]s and [[Psychiatric hospital|institutions]] granted suffrage.
* 1945 – Individuals who had gone into [[bankruptcy]] or were dependent on [[welfare spending|welfare]] granted suffrage.
* 1970 – Indirectly elected [[upper chamber]] dismantled.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/tageerlanderserv00ruin |url-access=registration |quote=riksdag bicameral. |last=Ruin |first=Olof |title=Tage Erlander: serving the welfare state, 1946–1969 |series=Pitt series in policy and institutional studies, 99-0818751-1 |year=1990 |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pa. |isbn=9780822936312 |id={{LIBRIS|5791923}} |page=[https://archive.org/details/tageerlanderserv00ruin/page/93 93]}}</ref>{{Relevance inline|date=May 2018}}
* 1974 – [[Instrument of Government (1809)|Instrument of Government]] stopped being enforced.{{Context inline|date=May 2018}}.
* 1989 – The final limitations on suffrage abolished along with the [[Riksdag]]'s decision to abolish the 'declaration of legal incompetency'.<ref>[http://www.riksdagen.se/en/how-the-riksdag-works/democracy/the-history-of-the-riksdag/ History of the Riksdag] Official Riksdag Website. Retrieved 19 May 2018</ref>