Committee on Defence (Sweden)

(Parliamentary) Committee on Defence[1] (Swedish: försvarsutskottet) (FöU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern the military (insofar as such matters do not belong to the preparation of any other committee), the role of the population in defence policies (total defence), along with coordination inside the total defence. The committee also treats questions regarding the coast guard.

The committee's speaker is Peter Hultqvist from the Social Democratic Party since 2022 and the vice-speaker is Lars Wistedt from the Sweden Democrats since 2023.

List of speakers for the committee

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Name Period Political party
  Per Petersson i Gäddvik 1971–1985 Moderate Party
  Lennart Blom i Stockholm 1985–1987 Moderate Party
  Arne Andersson 1987–1998 Moderate Party
  Henrik Landerholm 1998–2002 Moderate Party
  Eskil Erlandsson 2002–2006 Centre Party
  Ulrica Messing 2006–2007 Social Democratic Party
  Anders Karlsson 2007–2010 Social Democratic Party
  Håkan Juholt 2010–2011 Social Democratic Party
  Peter Hultqvist 2011–2014 Social Democratic Party
  Allan Widman 2014–2018 Liberals
  Niklas Karlsson[2] 2018–2019 Social Democratic Party
  Beatrice Ask 2019 Moderate Party
  Pål Jonson[3] 2020–2022 Moderate Party
  Helén Pettersson 2022 Social Democratic Party
  Peter Hultqvist 2022– Social Democratic Party

List of vice-speakers for the committee

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Name Period Political party
  Eric Holmqvist 1981–1982 Social Democratic Party
  Olle Göransson 1982–1988 Social Democratic Party
  Roland Brännström 1988–1991 Social Democratic Party
  Sture Ericson 1991–1994 Social Democratic Party
  Britt Bohlin 1994–1996 Social Democratic Party
  Sven Lundberg 1996–1998 Social Democratic Party
  Tone Tingsgård 1998–2006 Social Democratic Party
  Rolf Gunnarsson 2006–2010 Moderate Party
  Cecilia Widegren 2010–2014 Moderate Party
  Åsa Lindestam 2014–2018 Social Democratic Party
  Beatrice Ask 2018–2019 Moderate Party
  Niklas Karlsson[4] 2019–2022 Social Democratic Party
  Sven-Olof Sällström 2022–2023 Sweden Democrats
  Lars Wistedt 2023– Sweden Democrats

References

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  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. 15. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. ^ Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28
  3. ^ Pål Jonson (M)
  4. ^ Niklas Karlsson (S)
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