The (Parliamentary) Committee on Education[1] (Swedish: Utbildningsutskottet, UbU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern schools, preschools, higher education,[2] research on education, and financial aid for students.
The committee's speaker is Fredrik Malm from the Liberals since 2022 and the vice-speaker is Åsa Westlund from the Social Democratic Party since 2022.
List of speakers for the committee
| Name | Period | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=| | Lars Gustafsson | 1986–1991 | Social Democratic Party |
| bgcolor=| | Ann-Cathrine Haglund | 1991–1993 | Moderate Party |
| bgcolor=| | Hans Nyhage | 1993–1994 | Moderate Party |
| bgcolor=| | Berit Löfstedt | 1994–1995 | Social Democratic Party |
| bgcolor=| | Jan Björkman | 1995–2006 | Social Democratic Party |
| bgcolor=| | Sofia Larsen | 2006–2010 | Centre Party |
| bgcolor=| | Margareta Pålsson | 2010–2012 | Moderate Party |
| bgcolor=| | Tomas Tobé | 2012–2014 | Moderate Party |
| bgcolor=| | Lena Hallengren | 2014–2018 | Social Democratic Party |
| bgcolor=| | Matilda Ernkrans | 2018–2019 | Social Democratic Party |
| bgcolor=| | Gunilla Svantorp[3] | 2019–2022 | Social Democratic Party |
| bgcolor=| | Fredrik Malm | 2022– | Liberals |
List of vice-speakers for the committee
| Name | Period | Political party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=| | Lena Hjelm-Wallén | 1991–1994 | Social Democratic Party | |
| bgcolor=| | Beatrice Ask | 1994–1998 | Moderate Party | |
| bgcolor=| | Britt-Marie Danestig | 1998–2006 | Left Party | |
| bgcolor=| | Marie Granlund | 2006–2010 | Social Democratic Party | |
| bgcolor=| | Mikael Damberg | 2010–2012 | Social Democratic Party | |
| bgcolor=| | Ibrahim Baylan | 2012–2014 | Social Democratic Party | |
| bgcolor=| | Torkild Strandberg | 2014 | Liberals | |
| bgcolor=| | Christer Nylander | 2014–2018 | Liberals | |
| bgcolor=| | Roger Haddad[4] | 2018–2022 | Liberals | |
| bgcolor=| | Kristina Axén Olin | 2019–2022 | Moderate Party | Second vice-speaker |
| bgcolor=| | Åsa Westlund | 2022– | Social Democratic Party | |
References
- ^ Utrikes namnbok. [Elektronisk resurs] : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU- och EG-organ, EU-titlar och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (in Swedish). 9th, rev. ed. Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2013. p. 37.
- ^ Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (10 March 2015). "The Swedish Council for Higher Education (Universitets- och högskolerådet)". Regeringskansliet. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Pressmeddelande: Nya gruppledare i riksdagen 27 January 2019
- ^ Nytt utskottsuppdrag för Roger Haddad Archived 28 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine 28 September 2018
External links
- Riksdag – Utbildningsutskottet Riksdag – Education Committee