Batra, who is also the former leader of the Moderate Party, called for a state-run e-ID in a column in Dagens Nyheter.
"We need e-ID with the highest level of security to strengthen our digital security and resilience," she said. "And it is a key task of the state to issue this."
Currently, BankID, which is issued by the major banks, dominates the e-ID landscape in Sweden (although alternatives like Freja e-ID do exist).
Kinberg Batra wrote in her article that it was not acceptable that people in Sweden "need to be a customer in one of the major banks and have an account to identify themselves, even when contacting healthcare services or various authorities."
The payments markets inquiry led by Kinberg Batra is due to submit its final conclusions next March. It has already submitted four reports on various aspects of Sweden's payments system.
The issue of state-issued e-ID has been investigated and DIGG, the Agency for Digital Government, has been tasked with presenting a proposal on how this could be created and maintained.
DIGG's proposal must be presented to the government no later than January 31st 2023. This doesn't mean the law will be implemented by this date, rather this is just the deadline for one of the many steps a proposal must go through in order to become Swedish law.
You can read our article below for more information on Sweden's legislative process.
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