Committee on Transport and Communications

(Parliamentary) Committee on Transport and Communications[1] (Swedish: Trafikutskottet) (TU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern roads, railway, the sea and air transport, road traffic safety, mail services, telecommunication, and Information technology (IT) as well as research activities in the field of communication.

Committees in the Riksdag

The committee's Speaker is Jens Holm form the Left Party,[2] along with Anders Åkesson as the vice-Speaker form the Center Party,[3] Magnus Jacobsson as the second vice-Speaker form the Christian Democratic Party,[4] and Teres Lindberg as the third vice-Speaker from the Social Democratic Party.[5]

List of Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party
 Kurt Hugosson1982-1987Social Democratic Party
 Birger Rosqvist1987–1993Social Democratic Party
 Sven-Gösta Signell1993–1994Social Democratic Party
 Monica Öhman1994–2002Social Democratic Party
 Claes Roxbergh2002–2006Green Party
 Anders Karlsson2006–2007Social Democratic Party
 Christina Axelsson2007–2008Social Democratic Party
 Ibrahim Baylan2008–2009Social Democratic Party
 Lena Hallengren2009–2010Social Democratic Party
 Anders Ygeman2010–2014Social Democratic Party
 Karin Svensson Smith2014–2018Green Party
 Jens Holm[6]2018–Left Party

List of vice-Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party Notes
 Rolf Clarkson1979–1994Moderate Party
 Wiggo Komstedt1994–1995Moderate Party
 Per Westerberg1995–1998Moderate Party
 Sven Bergström1998–2002Centre Party
 Carina Moberg2002–2006Social Democratic Party
 Jan-Evert Rådhström2006–2014Moderate Party
 Lars Hjälmered2014Moderate Party
 Jessica Rosencrantz2014–2018Moderate Party
 Anders Åkesson[7]2018–Centre Party
 Magnus Jacobsson2019–Christian DemocratsSecond vice-Speaker
 Teres Lindberg2020–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. 36. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. "Jens Holm (V)". riksdagen.se. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. "Anders Åkesson (C)". riksdagen.se. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. "Magnus Jacobsson (KD)". riksdagen.se. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. "Teres Lindberg (S)". riksdagen.se. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. Jens Holm (V) blir ordförande i Trafikutskottet 2018-09-27
  7. Ingen regering - då tar smålänningarna över makten i riksdagen 2018-09-28
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