Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

(Parliamentary) Committee on Foreign Affairs[1] (Swedish: utrikesutskottet) (UU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee prepares matters concerning the state's relationship to and agreements with other states and international organizations, assistance to other countries' development, representing the Swedish state abroad, as well as helping with diplomatic situations abroad. The committee also handles matters concerning foreign trade and international economic cooperation. They also handle matters that non of the other seventeen other parliamentary committees handle.

Committees in the Riksdag
List of Committees:
Civil Affairs Constitution Cultural Affairs Defence Education Environment and Agriculture Finance Foreign Affairs Health and Welfare Industry and Trade Justice Labour Market Social Insurance Taxation Transport and Communications Joint Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee European Union Affairs
Politics of Sweden

The Committee on Foreign Affairs should not be confused with the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs, which is a forum for the Government to discuss and seek support for its foreign policy with the Riksdag. The Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs is chaired by the Swedish king.

Since 2022, the Speaker of the committee is Aron Emilsson for the Sweden Democrats along with the vice-Speaker of the committee Morgan Johansson for the Social Democratic Party.