A lot has happened at Swedish gas stations in recent decades – not least since sales of electric cars have increased exponentially.
When it according to The Energy Agencywhich in turn refers to Trafikanalys, there are expected to be just over a million chargeable passenger cars by 2025, it is perhaps not so strange that the number of charging stations is increasing, while the number of petrol and diesel stations is decreasing.
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At the same time, many Swedes, who continue to drive gasoline-powered cars, have also had to open their wallets considerably at the pump in recent years.
In fact, the high fuel prices became one of the major election issues in the 2022 parliamentary election.
Energy issues, where the costs of petrol and diesel are included, not only received a record amount of space in the media, according to a survey by Kantar Sifo. It was also shown, in an Ipsos survey carried out on behalf of DN in the final stages of the election spurt, that Swedish voters considered inflation and rising fuel prices to be the third most important issue.
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The development of the annual average price over ten years
So how much has the price of petrol actually risen over the past ten years? News24 have taken a closer look at the matter.
According to statistics from Drivkraft Sweden/Infostat the annual average price for a liter of petrol 95 was SEK 14.53 in 2013 and SEK 14.33 in 2014.
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The annual average price then developed as follows:
The latest annual average price that is available is for 2023. It then landed at SEK 19.99.
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