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(Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs [1] (Swedish : kulturutskottet, KrU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes, popular education, youth activities, international cultural cooperation, and sports. The committee also debates church issues and matters concerning radio and television, and immigration and integration policies, insofar as they do not belong to the Constitutional Committee's preparation.
The committee's speaker is Amanda Lind from the Green Party and the vice-speaker is Robert Hannah from the Liberals.
Name | Period | Political party | |
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Lennart Mattsson | 1971–1976 | Centre Party | |
Georg Andersson | 1976–1982 | Social Democratic Party | |
Britt Mogård | 1982-1983 | Moderate Party | |
Ingrid Sundberg | 1983–1991 | Moderate Party | |
Åke Gustavsson | 1991–1998 | Social Democratic Party | |
Inger Davidsson | 1998-2002 | Christian Democrats | |
Lennart Kollmats | 2002–2006 | Liberal People's Party | |
Siv Holma | 2006–2010 | Vänsterpartiet | |
Berit Högman | 2010–2012 | Social Democratic Party | |
Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa | 2012–2014 | Social Democratic Party | |
Per Bill | 2014–2015 | Moderate Party | |
Olof Lavesson | 2015–2018 | Moderate Party | |
Christer Nylander [2] | 2018–2022 | Liberals | |
Amanda Lind | 2022– | Green Party | |
Name | Period | Political party | Notes | |
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Åke Gustavsson | 1998–2002 | Social Democratic Party | ||
Annika Nilsson | 2002–2005 | Social Democratic Party | ||
Lars Wegendal | 2005-2006 | Social Democratic Party | ||
Cecilia Wikström | 2006-2009 | Liberal People's Party | ||
Christer Nylander | 2009–2013 | Liberal People's Party | ||
Ulf Nilsson | 2013–2014 | Liberal People's Party | ||
Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa | 2014–2018 | Social Democratic Party | ||
Vasiliki Tsouplaki [3] | 2018–2022 | Left Party | ||
Lotta Finstorp | 2019–2022 | Moderate Party | Second vice-speaker | |
Lawen Redar | 2019–2022 | Social Democratic Party | Third vice-speaker | |
Robert Hannah | 2022– | Liberals | ||
Jessica Emilia Marie Rosencrantz is a Swedish politician and a Member of Parliament since 2010. She is the chair of the Parliament's EU Committee and deputy group leader in the Parliament for the Moderates, as well as a member of the Parliamentary Board. Since September 2024 she has been Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic Cooperation in the Kristersson cabinet.
There are fifteen parliamentary committees in the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament. Each committee is made up of seventeen elected MPs, with at least one member from each political party. Additionally, the committee on EU Affairs, while not one of the standing committees, has a similar role.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Civil Affairs (CU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag that was founded on October 1, 2006, with the merger of the Law Committee and the Committee on Housing. The committee's areas of responsibility concern housing policy, consumer policy, community planning, and civil law.
[Parliamentary] Committee on Taxation (SkU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee manages and debates matters concerning state and municipal taxes and matters concerning taxation, tax payment, and, population registration, as well as matters concerning the enforcement system. Taxes also include customs duties and taxes comparable to taxes.
The Committee on the Constitution (KU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's responsibilities include examining issues relating to the Swedish Constitution and Administrative laws, as well as examining the Prime Minister's performance of duties and the handling of government matters. The committee's activities are regulated by the Riksdag.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Defence (FöU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern the military, the role of the population in defence policies, along with coordination inside the total defence. The committee also treats questions regarding the coast guard.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Education (UbU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern School, Preschool, Higher education, Research on Education, along with Financial aid for students.
The (Parliamentary) Committee on Finance (FiU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern economics. They are also responsible for examining how central government revenue is added up and compiling the yearly central government budget.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Foreign Affairs (UU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee prepares matters concerning the state's relationship to and agreements with other states and international organizations, assistance to other countries' development, representing the Swedish state abroad, as well as helping with diplomatic situations abroad. The committee also handles matters concerning foreign trade and international economic cooperation. They also handle matters that non of the other seventeen other parliamentary committees handle.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Health and Welfare (SoU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern the wellbeing of children and teenagers, care for the elderly and disabled, measures against addiction, and other social services issues. It also debates on policies regarding alcohol, and health care along with social matters in general.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Transport and Communications (TU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern roads, railway, the sea and air transport, road traffic safety, mail services, telecommunication, and Information technology (IT) as well as research activities in the field of communication.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Environment and Agriculture (MJU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility are the Swedish agricultural industry, agriculture, forestry, policies surrounding gardening, hunting, fishing, and weather forecasting. The committee also handles other matters such as the safety of nuclear power, nature conservation, and environmental protection, along with other matters that do not concern any other of the seventeen committees. Before the 1998/1999 opening of the Riksdag, was the name of the committee Jordbruksutskottet
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(Parliamentary) Committee on the Labour Market (AU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern active labour market policies, working condition policies, working life policies, labour laws, along with gender equality between men and women on the labour market and the working life. The committee was first implemented into the Riksdag during the parliament year of 1975/1976, it served as a successor to the Committee on Home Affairs.
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