This is How Many Millions Stockholm Spends on Interpreters Every Year

28 million kronor distributed across a dozen different administrations. That’s how much Malmö’s taxpayers spent on municipal interpreter costs last year. This was revealed in a recent review conducted by Samnytt. Now we turn our eyes north.

In our review of Malmö’s interpreter costs, one administration stood out significantly — the Department of Labor Market and Social Affairs, which accounted for 18 of the total 28 million in 2025. Coming in second was the Compulsory School Administration with 5.6 million.

In connection with the review, SD Malmö revealed they are running on a platform to introduce interpreter fees for people who have immigrated.

– I would argue that there are many in Malmö who have made it a habit to request interpreters. A luxury that we law-abiding citizens then have to pay for. This must end and it will also be an election promise, opposition council Magnus Olsson (SD) told Samnytt.

This time, we have looked at Stockholm, which since 2022 has had a red-green coalition government consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party, and the Green Party, with support from the Centre Party.

11 Million More

In the capital, interpreter costs were even higher in 2025 than in Malmö — totaling 39 million kronor.

This is how the distribution looks:

Education Committee: 9.7 million

District Council Järva: 7.9 million

Social Services Administration: 4 million

District Council Enskede-Årsta-Vantör: 3.1 million

District Council Skärholmen: 2.5 million

District Council Hässelby-Vällingby: 2.4 million

Labor Market Committee: 2.3 million

District Council Bromma: 1.6 million

District Council Hägersten-Älvsjö: 1.2 million

District Council Farsta: 1.1 million

District Council Skarpnäck: 700,000

District Council Kungsholmen: 600,000

District Council Södermalm: 523,000

District Council Norra Innerstaden: 454,000

Sports Committee: 286,000

City Executive Office: 167,000

Cultural Committee: 40,000

Chief Guardian Committee: 25,000

Preschool Committee: 8,900

Election Committee: 7,000

Elderly Committee: 3,500

Total cost: 39,031,866

Here, it’s the Education Committee and District Council Järva that stand out, accounting for 25 and 20 percent of the costs respectively.

Among the companies contracted for interpreting services, one stands out — Spårkservice Sverige AB. This Malmö-based company provided Stockholm City with services worth 33.4 million kronor in 2025.