(Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs[1] (Swedish: kulturutskottet, KrU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes, popular education, youth activities, international cultural cooperation, and sports. The committee also debates church issues and matters concerning radio and television, and immigration and integration policies, insofar as they do not belong to the Constitutional Committee's preparation.

The committee's speaker is Amanda Lind from the Green Party and the vice-speaker is Robert Hannah from the Liberals.

List of speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
 Lennart Mattsson1971–1976Centre Party
 Georg Andersson1976–1982Social Democratic Party
 Britt Mogård1982-1983Moderate Party
 Ingrid Sundberg1983–1991Moderate Party
 Åke Gustavsson1991–1998Social Democratic Party
 Inger Davidsson1998-2002Christian Democrats
 Lennart Kollmats2002–2006Liberal People's Party
 Siv Holma2006–2010Vänsterpartiet
 Berit Högman2010–2012Social Democratic Party
 Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa2012–2014Social Democratic Party
 Per Bill2014–2015Moderate Party
 Olof Lavesson2015–2018Moderate Party
 Christer Nylander[2]2018–2022Liberals
 Amanda Lind2022–Green Party

List of vice-speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party Notes
 Åke Gustavsson1998–2002Social Democratic Party
 Annika Nilsson2002–2005Social Democratic Party
 Lars Wegendal2005-2006Social Democratic Party
 Cecilia Wikström2006-2009Liberal People's Party
 Christer Nylander2009–2013Liberal People's Party
 Ulf Nilsson2013–2014Liberal People's Party
 Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa2014–2018Social Democratic Party
 Vasiliki Tsouplaki[3]2018–2022Left Party
 Lotta Finstorp2019–2022Moderate PartySecond vice-speaker
 Lawen Redar2019–2022Social Democratic PartyThird vice-speaker
 Robert Hannah2022–Liberals

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. 20. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. Han blir kulturutskottets nya ordförande 2018-09-28
  3. Vasiliki Tsouplaki blir vice ordförande i Kulturutskottet 2018-09-27
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