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Euro referendum 2003

Euro referendum: On 14 September — four days after the attack on Lindh — Swedes voted 55.9% against adopting the euro, with 82.6% turnout. Sweden retained the krona and its independent monetary policy; this remains the country's most recent referendum.

Tier
C
Confidence
B
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
referendum
Date
2003-09-14

Euro referendum: On 14 September — four days after the attack on Lindh — Swedes voted 55.9% against adopting the euro, with 82.6% turnout. Sweden retained the krona and its independent monetary policy; this remains the country’s most recent referendum.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 2003 under Göran Persson as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.

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