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Committee on Cultural Affairs (Parliament of Sweden)
Swedish parliamentary committee
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The (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.
The committee's speaker is Amanda Lind from the Green Party and the vice-speaker is Robert Hannah from the Liberals.
List of speakers for the committee
| Name | Period | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lennart Mattsson | 1971–1976 | Centre Party | |
| Georg Andersson | 1976–1982 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Britt Mogård | 1982-1983 | Moderate Party | |
| Ingrid Sundberg | 1983–1991 | Moderate Party | |
| Åke Gustavsson | 1991–1998 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Inger Davidsson | 1998-2002 | Christian Democrats | |
| Lennart Kollmats | 2002–2006 | Liberal People's Party | |
| Siv Holma | 2006–2010 | Vänsterpartiet | |
| Berit Högman | 2010–2012 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa | 2012–2014 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Per Bill | 2014–2015 | Moderate Party | |
| Olof Lavesson | 2015–2018 | Moderate Party | |
| Christer Nylander[2] | 2018–2022 | Liberals | |
| Amanda Lind | 2022– | Green Party | |
List of vice-speakers for the committee
| Name | Period | Political party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Åke Gustavsson | 1998–2002 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Annika Nilsson | 2002–2005 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Lars Wegendal | 2005-2006 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Cecilia Wikström | 2006-2009 | Liberal People's Party | ||
| Christer Nylander | 2009–2013 | Liberal People's Party | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 2013–2014 | Liberal People's Party | ||
| Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa | 2014–2018 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| Vasiliki Tsouplaki[3] | 2018–2022 | Left Party | ||
| Lotta Finstorp | 2019–2022 | Moderate Party | Second vice-speaker | |
| Lawen Redar | 2019–2022 | Social Democratic Party | Third vice-speaker | |
| Robert Hannah | 2022– | Liberals | ||