Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

(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.

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

Name		Period	Political 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

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
	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

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. Topposter i riksdagsutskott får namn 2018-09-28
3. Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28

External links

• Riksdag - Utrikesutskottet (Foreign Affairs Committee)