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Committee on Education (Sweden)
Swedish parliamentary committee
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The (Parliamentary) Committee on Education[1] (Swedish: Utbildningsutskottet, UbU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern schools, preschools, higher education,[2] research on education, and financial aid for students.
The committee's speaker is Fredrik Malm from the Liberas since 2022 and the vice-speaker is Åsa Westlund from the Social Democratic Party since 2022.
List of speakers for the committee
| Name | Period | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Gustafsson | 1986–1991 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Ann-Cathrine Haglund | 1991–1993 | Moderate Party | |
| Hans Nyhage | 1993–1994 | Moderate Party | |
| Berit Löfstedt | 1994–1995 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Jan Björkman | 1995–2006 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Sofia Larsen | 2006–2010 | Centre Party | |
| Margareta Pålsson | 2010–2012 | Moderate Party | |
| Tomas Tobé | 2012–2014 | Moderate Party | |
| Lena Hallengren | 2014–2018 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Matilda Ernkrans | 2018–2019 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Gunilla Svantorp[3] | 2019–2022 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Fredrik Malm | 2022– | Liberals | |
List of vice-speakers for the committee
| Name | Period | Political party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lena Hjelm-Wallén | 1991–1994 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Beatrice Ask | 1994–1998 | Moderate Party | ||
| Britt-Marie Danestig | 1998–2006 | Left Party | ||
| Marie Granlund | 2006–2010 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Mikael Damberg | 2010–2012 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Ibrahim Baylan | 2012–2014 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Torkild Strandberg | 2014 | Liberals | ||
| Christer Nylander | 2014–2018 | Liberals | ||
| Roger Haddad[4] | 2018–2022 | Liberals | ||
| Kristina Axén Olin | 2019–2022 | Moderate Party | Second vice-speaker | |
| Åsa Westlund | 2022– | Social Democratic Party | ||