nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/080c09c13f58c3c0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260624s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/080c09c13f58c3c0 doi eng 342 23 Herlin-Karnell, Ester Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-8223-3929 Sweden’s Vital Interests - On the Proposed Withdrawal of Citizenships Herlin-Karnell, Ester Verfassungsblog 2026-06-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Can “vital interests” of the state serve as a legal criterion for a Migration Authority to strip the nationality of citizens with dual citizenship on security and organized crime grounds? The problem of gang-related organized crime has led to the latest legislative proposal to revoke citizenship, which threatens Sweden’s vital interests. But the legal standard of seriously damaging “Sweden’s vital interests” remains very broad and thus highly susceptible to misuse. Moreover, only criminal law – with all the constitutional safeguards it affords – should carry out such a sanction. CC BY-SA 4.0 Citizenship Schweden Sweden organised crime revocation vital interests (DE-588)4077258-5 gnd Schweden Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/swedens-vital-interests/ raw object