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 Undén1938-1945Social Democratic Party
 Rickard Sandler1946–1964Social Democratic Party
 Bengt Elmgren1965–1966Social Democratic Party
 Arne Geijer1967–1976Social Democratic Party
 Allan Hernelius1976-1982Moderate Party
 Stig Alemyr1982-1991Social Democratic Party
 Daniel Tarschys1991–1994People's Party
 Karl-Göran Biörsmark1994Liberal People's Party
 Maj-Lis Lööw1994–1995Social Democratic Party
 Viola Furubjelke1995–2002Social Democratic Party
 Urban Ahlin2002–2006Social Democratic Party
 Sten Tolgfors2006Moderate Party
 Göran Lennmarker2006–2010Moderate Party
 Karin Enström2010–2012Moderate Party
 Sofia Arkelsten2012–2014Moderate Party
 Kenneth G. Forslund2014–2018Social Democratic Party
 Hans Wallmark[2]2018-2019Moderate Party
 Kenneth G. Forslund2019–2022Social Democratic Party
 Aron Emilsson2022–Sweden Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
 Pär Granstedt1988–1991Center Party
 Pierre Schori1991–1994Social Democratic Party
 Margaretha af Ugglas1994–1995Moderate Party
 Göran Lennmarker1995-2003Moderate Party
 Gunilla Carlsson2003–2006Moderate Party
 Urban Ahlin2006–2014Social Democratic Party
 Karin Enström2014–2017Moderate Party
 Jonas Jacobsson Gjörtler2017-2018Moderate Party
 Kenneth G. Forslund[3]2018–2019Social Democratic Party
 Hans Wallmark2019–2022Moderate Party
 Olle Thorell2022Social Democratic Party
 Morgan Johansson2022–Social Democratic Party

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