Poll
"We want to grab children's interest for participating in elections and bring home the message that every vote counts at an early stage," said Bill Werngren, head of Gothenburg's election committee.
Werngren says that the Swedish Election Authority and political scientists at Gothenburg University both say they have never heard of anything similar elsewhere in the world.
The process of voting will be similar for children as for adults. Each child will get a ballot paper and an envelope and will fill it in behind green, triangular screens resembling those in adult elections in Sweden. The only difference will be that the screens will be scaled down to take account of the diminutive citizens standing behind them.
Polling places for children will be open in libraries and local government offices, which will also be open for adult voters to cast their ballots in advance for the local and national elections.
Werngren hopes that when children go to vote, they might also shame non-voting parents.