Committee on Defence

What approach should policies for defence and contingency measures take? How should military and civil defence be organised? What kind of preparedness should Sweden have, for example, for natural disasters? These are areas for which the Committee on Defence is responsible. Cyber security, radiation safety, coastguard services and signal surveillance rules are other areas that the Committee works with.

Ongoing business

The Committee on Defence is working with the following proposals.

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The Committee on Defence

Works, for example, with matters relating to Sweden’s military and civil defence and crisis preparedness.

Documents

Committee reports and statements, proposals considered by the Committee, order papers, records and annual reports.

Committee on Defence (in Swedish)

The parliamentary committees prepare decisions

The hub of the work of the Riksdag is the 15 parliamentary committees. This is where the members prepare the Riksdag’s decisions. When a committee has presented its proposal for a decision, all 349 members of the Riksdag adopt a position on the proposal. Each committee is made up of 17 members of the Riksdag. The committees are like a miniature Riksdag, which means that the composition of members in each committee reflects the balance of power in the Riksdag as a whole.

The parliamentary committees at work

The members of Committee on Defence

Matheus Enholm (SweDem)Vice ordförande
Ann-Sofie Alm (Mod)Deputy member
Jacob Risberg (Grn)Deputy member
Joar Forssell (Lib)Deputy member
Fredrik Malm (Lib)Deputy member
Oskar Svärd (Mod)Deputy member
Carl Nordblom (Mod)Deputy member
Ulf Holm (Grn)Extra deputy member