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

NamePeriodPolitical party
bgcolor=| Lars Gustafsson1986–1991Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Ann-Cathrine Haglund1991–1993Moderate Party
bgcolor=| Hans Nyhage1993–1994Moderate Party
bgcolor=| Berit Löfstedt1994–1995Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Jan Björkman1995–2006Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Sofia Larsen2006–2010Centre Party
bgcolor=| Margareta Pålsson2010–2012Moderate Party
bgcolor=| Tomas Tobé2012–2014Moderate Party
bgcolor=| Lena Hallengren2014–2018Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Matilda Ernkrans2018–2019Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Gunilla Svantorp[3]2019–2022Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Fredrik Malm2022–Liberals

List of vice-speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical partyNotes
bgcolor=| Lena Hjelm-Wallén1991–1994Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Beatrice Ask1994–1998Moderate Party
bgcolor=| Britt-Marie Danestig1998–2006Left Party
bgcolor=| Marie Granlund2006–2010Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Mikael Damberg2010–2012Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Ibrahim Baylan2012–2014Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=| Torkild Strandberg2014Liberals
bgcolor=| Christer Nylander2014–2018Liberals
bgcolor=| Roger Haddad[4]2018–2022Liberals
bgcolor=|Kristina Axén Olin2019–2022Moderate PartySecond vice-speaker
bgcolor=| Åsa Westlund2022–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 (in Swedish). 9th, rev. ed. Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2013. p. 37.
  2. ^ Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (10 March 2015). "The Swedish Council for Higher Education (Universitets- och högskolerådet)". Regeringskansliet. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  3. ^ Pressmeddelande: Nya gruppledare i riksdagen 27 January 2019
  4. ^ Nytt utskottsuppdrag för Roger Haddad Archived 28 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine 28 September 2018