Committee on Cultural Affairs

(Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs [1] (Swedish: Kulturutskottet) (KrU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes, popular education, youth activities, international cultural cooperation, and sports. The committee also debates church issues and matters concerning radio and television, and immigration and integration policies, insofar as they do not belong to the Constitutional Committee's preparation.

Committees in the Riksdag

The committee's speaker is Christer Nylander for the Liberals party, along with the vice-speaker Vasiliki Tsouplaki for the Left Party, second vice-speaker Lotta Finstorp for the Moderate Party and third vice-speaker Lawen Redar for the Social Democratic Party.

List of Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party
 Lennart Mattsson1971–1976Centre Party
 Georg Andersson1976–1982Social Democratic Party
 Britt Mogård1982–1983Moderate Party
 Ingrid Sundberg1983–1991Moderate Party
 Åke Gustavsson1991–1998Social Democratic Party
 Inger Davidsson1998–2002Christian Democrats
 Lennart Kollmats2002–2006Liberal People's Party
 Siv Holma2006–2010Vänsterpartiet
 Berit Högman2010–2012Social Democratic Party
 Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa2012–2014Social Democratic Party
 Per Bill2014–2015Moderate Party
 Olof Lavesson2015–2018Moderate Party
 Christer Nylander[2]2018–Liberals

List of Vice-Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party Notes
 Åke Gustavsson1998–2002Social Democratic Party
 Annika Nilsson2002–2005Social Democratic Party
 Lars Wegendal2005–2006Social Democratic Party
 Cecilia Wikström2006–2009Liberal People's Party
 Christer Nylander2009–2013Liberal People's Party
 Ulf Nilsson2013–2014Liberal People's Party
 Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa2014–2018Social Democratic Party
 Vasiliki Tsouplaki[3]2018–Left Party
 Lotta Finstorp2019–Moderate PartySecond vice-speaker
 Lawen Redar2019–Social Democratic PartyThird vice-speaker

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. 20. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. Han blir kulturutskottets nya ordförande 2018-09-28
  3. Vasiliki Tsouplaki blir vice ordförande i Kulturutskottet 2018-09-27
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