Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

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(Parliamentary) Committee on Foreign Affairs [1] (Swedish : utrikesutskottet) (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.

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The Committee on Foreign Affairs should not be confused with the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs, which is a forum for the Government to discuss and seek support for its foreign policy with the Riksdag. The Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs is chaired by the Swedish king.

Since 2022, the Speaker of the committee is Aron Emilsson for the Sweden Democrats along with the vice-Speaker of the committee Morgan Johansson for the Social Democratic Party.

List of speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical party
  Östen Undén 1938-1945 Social Democratic Party
  Rickard Sandler 1946–1964 Social Democratic Party
  Bengt Elmgren 1965–1966 Social Democratic Party
  Arne Geijer 1967–1976 Social Democratic Party
  Allan Hernelius 1976-1982 Moderate Party
  Stig Alemyr 1982-1991 Social Democratic Party
  Daniel Tarschys 1991–1994 People's Party
  Karl-Göran Biörsmark 1994 Liberal People's Party
  Maj-Lis Lööw 1994–1995 Social Democratic Party
  Viola Furubjelke 1995–2002 Social Democratic Party
  Urban Ahlin 2002–2006 Social Democratic Party
  Sten Tolgfors 2006 Moderate Party
  Göran Lennmarker 2006–2010 Moderate Party
  Karin Enström 2010–2012 Moderate Party
  Sofia Arkelsten 2012–2014 Moderate Party
  Kenneth G. Forslund 2014–2018 Social Democratic Party
  Hans Wallmark [2] 2018-2019 Moderate Party
  Kenneth G. Forslund 2019–2022 Social Democratic Party
  Aron Emilsson 2022– Sweden Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical party
  Pär Granstedt 1988–1991 Center Party
  Pierre Schori 1991–1994 Social Democratic Party
  Margaretha af Ugglas 1994–1995 Moderate Party
  Göran Lennmarker 1995-2003 Moderate Party
  Gunilla Carlsson 2003–2006 Moderate Party
  Urban Ahlin 2006–2014 Social Democratic Party
  Karin Enström 2014–2017 Moderate Party
  Jonas Jacobsson Gjörtler 2017-2018 Moderate Party
  Kenneth G. Forslund [3] 2018–2019 Social Democratic Party
  Hans Wallmark 2019–2022 Moderate Party
  Olle Thorell 2022 Social Democratic Party
  Morgan Johansson 2022– Social Democratic Party

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