Committee on Health and Welfare

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(Parliamentary) Committee on Health and Welfare[1] (Swedish: socialutskottet) (SoU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern the wellbeing of children and teenagers, care for the elderly and disabled, measures against addiction, and other social services issues. It also debates on policies regarding alcohol, and health care along with social matters in general.

The committee's Speaker is Christian Carlsson from the Christian Democratic Party, and the vice-Speaker is Fredrik Lundh Sammeli from the Social Democratic Party.

List of speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
  Göran Karlsson - Social Democratic Party
  Ingemar Eliasson 1982–1985 People's Party
  Daniel Tarschys 1985–1991 People's Party
  Bo Holmberg 1991–1994 Social Democratic Party
  Sten Svensson 1994–1998 Moderate Party
  Ingrid Burman 1998–2006 Left Party
  Kenneth Johansson 2006–2012 Centre Party
  Anders W. Jonsson 2012–2014 Centre Party
  Emma Henriksson 2014–2018 Christian Democrats
  Acko Ankarberg Johansson[2] 2018–2022 Christian Democrats
  Christian Carlsson 2022– Christian Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
  Sten Svensson 1991-1994 Moderate Party
  Bo Holmberg 1994–1996 Social Democratic Party
  Ingrid Andersson 1996–1998 Social Democratic Party
  Chris Heister 1998–2002 Moderate Party
  Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren 2002–2006 Christian Democrats
  Mona Sahlin 2006–2007 Social Democratic Party
  Ylva Johansson 2007–2010 Social Democratic Party
  Lena Hallengren 2010–2014 Social Democratic Party
  Veronica Palm 2014–2015 Social Democratic Party
  Anna-Lena Sörenson 2015–2018 Social Democratic Party
  Kristina Nilsson[3] 2018–2022 Social Democratic Party
  Fredrik Lundh Sammeli 2022– 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 (PDF) (in Swedish) (9th, rev. ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2013. p. 30. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. ^ Trots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost Archive 2018-09-28
  3. ^ Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28