Committee on the Labour Market

(Parliamentary) Committee on the Labour Market[1] (Swedish: Arbetsmarknadsutskottet) (AU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern active labour market policies, working condition policies, working life policies, labour laws, along with gender equality between men and women on the labour market and the working life. The committee was first implemented into the Riksdag during the parliament year of 1975/1976, it served as a successor to the Committee on Home Affairs[2] (Swedish: Inrikesutskottet).

Labour Market Committee meeting place in the Parliament House, Stockholm
Committees in the Riksdag

The Speaker for the committee is Anna Johansson for the Social Democratic Party, the vice-Speaker for the committee is Gulan Avci for the Libral Party, along with the second vice-Speaker Mats Green for the Moderate Party.

List of Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party
 Elver Jonsson1978–1982People's Party
 Frida Berglund1982–1988Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Lars Ulander1988–1991Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Mona Sahlin1991–1992Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Ingela Thalén1992–1994Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Johnny Ahlqvist1994–2000Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Sven-Erik Österberg2000–2002Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Anders Karlsson2002–2006Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd2006–2008Moderate Party
 Hillevi Engström2008–2010Moderate Party
 Tomas Tobé2010–2012Moderate Party
 Elisabeth Svantesson2012-2013Moderate Party
 Jessica Polfjärd2013–2014Moderate Party
 Raimo Pärssinen2014–2018Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Anna Johansson[3]2018–Swedish Social Democratic Party

List of vice-Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party Notes
 Elver Jonsson1985–1998People's Party/Liberal People's Party
 Margareta Andersson1998–2006Centre Party
 Sven-Erik Österberg2006–2008Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Hillevi Engström2008–2010Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Ylva Johansson2010-2014Swedish Social Democratic Party
 Ulf Kristersson2014Moderate Party
 Elisabeth Svantesson2014–2017Moderate Party
 Jessica Polfjärd2017–2018Moderate Party
 Gulan Avci[4]2018–Liberal Party
 Erik Bengtzboe2019Moderate PartySecond vice-Speaker
 Mats Green2019–Moderate PartySecond vice-Speaker

See also

Sveriges arbetsmarknadspolitik (Sweden's labour policies)

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. 11. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1416. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
  3. Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archived 2018-09-28
  4. Gulan Avci ny vice ordförande i rikdagens arbetsmarknadsutskott 2018-09-28
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