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.

Since February 28, 2019, the Speaker of the committee is Kenneth G. Forslund[2] for the Social Democratic Party along with the vice-Speaker of the committee Hans Wallmark[3] for the Moderate Party.

List of speakers for the committee[]

Name Period Political party
  Östen Undén 1938-1945 Social Democratic Party
  Rickard Sandler 1946–1964 Social Democratic Party
  1965–1966 Social Democratic Party
  Arne Geijer 1967–1976 Social Democratic Party
  1976-1982 Moderate Party
  1982-1991 Social Democratic Party
  Daniel Tarschys 1991–1994 People's Party
  1994 Liberal People's Party
  1994–1995 Social Democratic Party
  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[4] 2018-2019 Moderate Party
  Kenneth G. Forslund 2019- Social Democratic Party

List of vice-speakers for the committee[]

Name Period Political 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
  2017-2018 Moderate Party
  Kenneth G. Forslund[5] 2018–2019 Social Democratic Party
  Hans Wallmark 2019– Moderate Party

References[]

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok. [Elektronisk resurs] : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU- och EG-organ, EU-titlar och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (in Swedish) (9th, rev. ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2013. p. 38. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. ^ "Kenneth G Forslund (S)". riksdagen.se. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hans Wallmark (M)". riksdagen.se. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Topposter i riksdagsutskott får namn 2018-09-28
  5. ^ Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28

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