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.

The committee's Speaker is Acko Ankarberg Johansson[2] for the Christian Democratic Party, along with the vice-Speaker Kristina Nilsson[3] for the Social Democratic Party.

List of Speakers for the committee

Name		Period	Political Party
	Göran Karlsson	-	Social Democratic Party
	Ingemar Eliasson	1982–1985	People's Party
	Daniel Tarschys	1985–1991	People's Party
	Bo Holmberg	1991–1994	Social Democratic Party
	Sten Svensson	1994–1998	Moderate Party
	Ingrid Burman	1998–2006	Left Party
	Kenneth Johansson	2006–2012	Centre Party
	Anders W. Jonsson	2012-2014	Centre Party
	Emma Henriksson	2014-2018	Christian Democrats
	Acko Ankarberg Johansson[4]	2018-	Christian Democrats

List of Vice-Speakers for the committee

Name		Period	Political Party
	Sten Svensson	1991-1994	Moderate Party
	Bo Holmberg	1994–1996	Social Democratic Party
	Ingrid Andersson	1996–1998	Social Democratic Party
	Chris Heister	1998–2002	Moderate Party
	Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren	2002–2006	Christian Democrats
	Mona Sahlin	2006–2007	Social Democratic Party
	Ylva Johansson	2007–2010	Social Democratic Party
	Lena Hallengren	2010–2014	Social Democratic Party
	Veronica Palm	2014–2015	Social Democratic Party
	Anna-Lena Sörenson	2015–2018	Social Democratic Party
	Kristina Nilsson[5]	2018–	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. "Acko Ankarberg Johansson (KD)". riksdag.se. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
3. "Kristina Nilsson (S)". riksdag.se. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
4. Trots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost Archive 2018-09-28
5. Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28

External links

• Riksdag - Socialutskottet (Health and Welfare Committee)