> In other words, political strikes are effectively banned i Sweden. Not exactly true. What you're talking about is the industrial peace obligation inherent in

> In other words, political strikes are effectively banned i Sweden. Not exactly true. What you're talking about is the industrial peace obligation inherent in each collective agreement. But this obligation is not applied where the strike has nothing to do with the collective agreement, i.e., where the objective of the industrial action is not covered by the collective agreement. This is precisely the case with political strikes. In this respect, the system is very similar to that in Finland. However, AFAIK, there are other limitations to purely political strikes, see the source below. At least this source [1] states that 'purely political strikes are, in most countries, at least in theory, prohibited, exceptions being Denmark (if short and for “reasonable cause”), Finland, Ireland, Italy and Norway.' Looking more carefully at that source you will find, however, that there is, in practice, a lot of room for strikes of varying political nature in many more EU states. [1] https://www.asi.is/media/7581/Strike_rules_in_the_EU27.pdf https://www.asi.is/media/7581/Strike_rules_in_the_EU27.pdf