Committee on Transport and Communications

(Parliamentary) Committee on Transport and Communications^[1] (Swedish: trafikutskottet) (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.

The committee's Speaker is Ulrika Heie from the Centre Party, with Thomas Morell as the vice-Speaker from the Sweden Democrats.

List of speakers for the committee

Name		Period	Political party
	Kurt Hugosson	1982-1987	Social Democratic Party
	Birger Rosqvist	1987–1993	Social Democratic Party
	Sven-Gösta Signell	1993–1994	Social Democratic Party
	Monica Öhman	1994–2002	Social Democratic Party
	Claes Roxbergh	2002–2006	Green Party
	Anders Karlsson	2006–2007	Social Democratic Party
	Christina Axelsson	2007–2008	Social Democratic Party
	Ibrahim Baylan	2008–2009	Social Democratic Party
	Lena Hallengren	2009–2010	Social Democratic Party
	Anders Ygeman	2010–2014	Social Democratic Party
	Karin Svensson Smith	2014–2018	Green Party
	Jens Holm[2]	2018–2022	Left Party
	Ulrika Heie	2022–	Centre Party

List of vice-speakers for the committee

Name		Period	Political party	Notes
	Rolf Clarkson	1979–1994	Moderate Party
	Wiggo Komstedt	1994–1995	Moderate Party
	Per Westerberg	1995–1998	Moderate Party
	Sven Bergström	1998–2002	Centre Party
	Carina Moberg	2002–2006	Social Democratic Party
	Jan-Evert Rådhström	2006–2014	Moderate Party
	Lars Hjälmered	2014	Moderate Party
	Jessica Rosencrantz	2014–2018	Moderate Party
	Anders Åkesson[3]	2018–2022	Centre Party
	Magnus Jacobsson	2019–2022	Christian Democrats	Second vice-Speaker
	Teres Lindberg	2020–2022	Social Democratic Party	Third vice-Speaker
	Thomas Morell	2022–	Sweden Democrats

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. 36. SELIBR 14986186.
2. Jens Holm (V) blir ordförande i Trafikutskottet 2018-09-27
3. Ingen regering - då tar smålänningarna över makten i riksdagen 2018-09-28

External links

• Riksdag - Trafikutskottet Riksdag - Transport and Communications Committee