Committee on Environment and Agriculture

(Parliamentary) Committee on Environment and Agriculture[1] (Swedish: Miljö- och jordbruksutskottet) (MJU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility are the Swedish agricultural industry, agriculture, forestry, policies surrounding gardening, hunting, fishing, and weather forecasting. The committee also handles other matters such as the safety of nuclear power, nature conservation, and environmental protection, along with other matters that do not concern any other of the seventeen committees. Before the 1998/1999 opening of the Riksdag, was the name of the committee Jordbruksutskottet (Committee on Agriculture)[2]

Committees in the Riksdag

The committee's Speaker is Kristina Yngwe, from the Center Party, along with vice-Speaker Maria Gardfjell from the Green Party and, second vice-Speaker Jessica Rosencrantz from the Moderate Party.

History

The Committee on Agriculture was created in 1909 after the decision of the king and the Riksdag, and took over the tasks that were given to the State Committee and the Law Committee. During the time that Sweden was a bicameral state, there were 16 members of parliament serving in the committee from both chambers. The first meeting of the committee was in 1910.

List of Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party
 Theodor Odelberg1910–1911Protectionist Party
 Daniel Persson i Tällberg1912–1915Liberal Coalition Party (Liberala samlingspartiet)
 Raoul Hamilton1916–1918Free-minded National Association
 Carl Johan Johansson i Uppmälby1918Social Democratic Party
 Raoul Hamilton1919–1922Freeminded People's Party
 Olof Nilsson i Tånga1922–1927Social Democratic Party
 Leonard Tjällgren1940s and 1950sFarmers' League (Bondeförbundet)
 Einar Larsson1974-1985Centre Party
 Karl Erik Olsson1985–1991Centre Party
 Göran Persson1991–1992Social Democratic Party
 Margareta Winberg1992–1994Social Democratic Party
 Lennart Daléus1994–1998Centre Party
 Dan Ericsson1998–2000Christian Democrats
 Ulf Björklund2000–2002Christian Democrats
 Per Westerberg2002–2003Moderate Party
 Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd2003–2006Moderate Party
 Anders Ygeman2006–2007Social Democratic Party
 Carina Ohlsson2007Social Democratic Party
 Anders Ygeman2007–2010Social Democratic Party
 Matilda Ernkrans2010–2018Social Democratic Party
 Åsa Westlund2018Social Democratic Party
 Kristina Yngwe[3]2018–2020Centre Party
 Ulrika Heie2020Centre Party
 Kristina Yngwe2020-Centre Party

List of Vice-Speakers for the committee
Name Period Political Party Notes
 Inga-Britt Johansson1994–1995Social Democratic Party
 Sinikka Bohlin1995–2002Social Democratic Party
 Åsa Domeij2002–2006Green Party
 Claes Västerteg2006–2010Centre Party
 Bengt-Anders Johansson2010-2014Moderate Party
 Lena Ek2014–2015Centre Party
 Kristina Yngwe2015–2018Centre Party
 Maria Gardfjell[4]2018–Green Party
 Jessica Rosencrantz2019Moderate Partyvice-Speaker
 Louise Meijer2019–2020Moderate PartySecond vice-Speaker
 Jessica Rosencrantz2020–Moderate PartySecond vice-Speaker

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. 23. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. "Utskott som har upphört". riksdagen.se. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
  3. Centerpartiet leder jordbruksutskottet 2018-09-28
  4. Maria Gardfjell blir vice ordförande i riksdagens miljö- och jordbruksutskott 2018-09-28
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