Committee on Health and Welfare

(Parliamentary) Committee on Health and Welfare[1] (Swedish: socialutskottet) (SoU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern the wellbeing of children and teenagers, care for the elderly and disabled, measures against addiction, and other social services issues. It also debates on policies regarding alcohol, and health care along with social matters in general.

Committees in the Riksdag
List of Committees:
Politics of Sweden

The committee's Speaker is Christian Carlsson from the Christian Democratic Party, and the vice-Speaker is Fredrik Lundh Sammeli from the Social Democratic Party.

List of speakers for the committee
Name Period Political party
 Göran Karlsson-Social Democratic Party
 Ingemar Eliasson1982–1985People's Party
 Daniel Tarschys1985–1991People's Party
 Bo Holmberg1991–1994Social Democratic Party
 Sten Svensson1994–1998Moderate Party
 Ingrid Burman1998–2006Left Party
 Kenneth Johansson2006–2012Centre Party
 Anders W. Jonsson2012–2014Centre Party
 Emma Henriksson2014–2018Christian Democrats
 Acko Ankarberg Johansson[2]2018–2022Christian Democrats
 Christian Carlsson2022–Christian Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee
Name Period Political party
 Sten Svensson1991-1994Moderate Party
 Bo Holmberg1994–1996Social Democratic Party
 Ingrid Andersson1996–1998Social Democratic Party
 Chris Heister1998–2002Moderate Party
 Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren2002–2006Christian Democrats
 Mona Sahlin2006–2007Social Democratic Party
 Ylva Johansson2007–2010Social Democratic Party
 Lena Hallengren2010–2014Social Democratic Party
 Veronica Palm2014–2015Social Democratic Party
 Anna-Lena Sörenson2015–2018Social Democratic Party
 Kristina Nilsson[3]2018–2022Social Democratic Party
 Fredrik Lundh Sammeli2022–Social Democratic Party

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. 30. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. Trots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost Archive 2018-09-28
  3. Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28
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