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Civic education

Civic participation in Sweden

How Swedish democracy works at national, regional and municipal level, and how Kurds in Sweden can take part lawfully and safely.

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Levels
Foundations
Study time
10 h
Wave
1
Status
Outline drafted

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Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.

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Sources

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  1. Francis Patrick O’Connor (2024). Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey. Kurdish Studies Archive. DOI 10.1163/9789004706590_004
  2. Charlotta Zettervall (2013). Reluctant Victims into Challengers – Narratives of a Kurdish Political Generation in Diaspora in Sweden. Lund University Publications (Lund University).
  3. Sabah Mofidi (2024). The Experience of Suspension among Political Identities; Kurdish Nationality and Aspiration for Kurdistani Citizenship among Kurdish Immigrants in Western Europe. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. DOI 10.1111/sena.12435
  4. Francesco Ventura (2023). Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland. Global Networks. DOI 10.1111/glob.12460
  5. Joanna Bocheńska (2025). Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment. Enacting Citizenship. DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-83537-7_6

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01About this course

Who it is for
Kurds and others living in Sweden, whatever their status, with a focus on newcomers and young people.
Format
Online at your own pace, with discussion sessions a A charter unit chartered by a Chapter to organise lawful local cooperation in a city, campus or professional network. may host.
Study time
About 10 hours, estimated
Before you start
Nothing. Everyone is welcome.
Discipline
Civic education

02What you will be able to do

  • Describe the roles of the Riksdag, the regions and the municipal council.
  • Tell which rights come with citizenship, which with residence, and which belong to everyone.
  • Use consultations, associations and municipal councils to raise local issues.
  • Separate non-partisan civic action from campaigning for a party or movement.

03Modules

  1. 01

    The state and its levels

    State, regions and municipalities.

  2. 02

    Rights and duties

    What the law guarantees, and to whom.

  3. 03

    Voting and elections

    Who may vote in municipal, regional, national and European elections. Facts only; no voting advice.

  4. 04

    Local councils and consultations

    The municipal council and the consultations where everyday decisions are made.

  5. 05

    Civil society and associations

    Founding, joining and running an association lawfully.

  6. 06

    Speaking up safely

    Petitions, letters, media and public meetings, and how to stay safe when you speak.

04Assessment and completion

Write a one-page guide to your municipality for a Kurdish newcomer.

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This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
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Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
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06Who teaches it

Teachers are named here when the course opens.

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    Forming

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07More from Civic education

08Further reading

Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.

  1. Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey

    Francis Patrick O’Connor · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. Reluctant Victims into Challengers – Narratives of a Kurdish Political Generation in Diaspora in Sweden

    Charlotta Zettervall · 2013 · Lund University Publications (Lund University)

    ThesisOpenAlexOpen accessother-oa

  3. The Experience of Suspension among Political Identities; Kurdish Nationality and Aspiration for Kurdistani Citizenship among Kurdish Immigrants in Western Europe

    Sabah Mofidi · 2024 · Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  4. Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland

    Francesco Ventura · 2023 · Global Networks

    ArticleCrossref

  5. Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment

    Joanna Bocheńska · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

09Record

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0.1, draft outline
Review
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Licence
CC BY 4.0
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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Civic participation in Sweden. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/civic-participation-in-sweden/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Civic Participation in Sweden.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/civic-participation-in-sweden/.

BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_learn_catalogue_civic_participation_in_sweden,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Civic participation in {Sweden}},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/civic-participation-in-sweden/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/civic-participation-in-sweden/},
}

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