Committee on Civil Affairs

(Parliamentary) Committee on Civil Affairs[1] (Swedish: Civilutskottet) (CU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag that was founded on October 1, 2006, with the merger of the Law Committee and the Housing Committee. The committee's areas of responsibility concern housing policy, consumer policy, community planning, and civil law.

Committees in the Riksdag

When the committee was founded it was the largest reorganization of the Swedish Parliament since the abolishment of the bicameral Riksdag in 1971.

List of Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party
 Carina Moberg2006–2010Social Democratic Party
 Maryam Yazdanfar2010–2011Social Democratic Party
 Carina Ohlsson2011Social Democratic Party
 Veronica Palm2011–2014Social Democratic Party
 Caroline Szyber2014–2016Christian Democrats
 Tuve Skånberg2016–2017Christian Democrats
 Caroline Szyber2017–2018Christian Democrats
 Emma Hult[2]2018–Green Party

List of Vice-Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party
 Inger René2006–2010Moderate Party
 Jan Ertsborn2010–2012Liberal People's Party
 Nina Lundström2012–2014Liberal People's Party
 Johan Löfstrand2014–2015Social Democratic Party
 Hillevi Larsson2015Social Democratic Party
 Johan Löfstrand2015–2017Social Democratic Party
 Hillevi Larsson2017Social Democratic Party
 Johan Löfstrand2017–2018Social Democratic Party
 Larry Söder[3]2018–Christian Democrats

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. 13. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. Emma Hult (mp) blir ordförande i riksdagens civilutskott 2018-09-28
  3. Ebba Busch Thor – Facebook
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