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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

Peter Hultqvist (SocDem)Chair
Matheus Enholm (SweDem)Vice ordförande
Jörgen Berglund (Mod)Member
Helén Pettersson (SocDem)Member
Björn Söder (SweDem)Member
Johan Andersson (SocDem)Member
Helena Bouveng (Mod)Member
Hanna Westerén (SocDem)Member
Gulan Avci (Lib)Member
Erik Ezelius (SocDem)Member
Alexandra Anstrell (Mod)Member
Hanna Gunnarsson (Lft)Member
Mikael Oscarsson (ChrDem)Member
Mikael Larsson (Cen)Member
Lars Püss (Mod)Member
Emma Berginger (Grn)Member
Gustaf Göthberg (Mod)Member
Per Söderlund (SweDem)Deputy member
Markus Selin (SocDem)Deputy member
Camilla Brunsberg (Mod)Deputy member
Lena Johansson (SocDem)Deputy member
Chris Dahlqvist (SweDem)Deputy member
Joakim Sandell (SocDem)Deputy member
Margareta Cederfelt (Mod)Deputy member
Alexandra Völker (SocDem)Deputy member
Mattias Karlsson (SweDem)Deputy member
Kenneth G Forslund (SocDem)Deputy member
Ann-Sofie Alm (Mod)Deputy member
Håkan Svenneling (Lft)Deputy member
Torsten Elofsson (ChrDem)Deputy member
Niels Paarup-Petersen (Cen)Deputy member
Aron Emilsson (SweDem)Deputy member
Jacob Risberg (Grn)Deputy member
Joar Forssell (Lib)Deputy member
Yasmine Eriksson (SweDem)Deputy member
Ilona Szatmári Waldau (Lft)Deputy member
Kerstin Lundgren (Cen)Deputy member
Ingemar Kihlström (ChrDem)Deputy member
Yusuf Aydin (ChrDem)Deputy member
Janine Alm Ericson (Grn)Deputy member
Anders Ekegren (Lib)Deputy member
Fredrik Malm (Lib)Deputy member
Oskar Svärd (Mod)Deputy member
Carl Nordblom (Mod)Deputy member
Lotta Johnsson Fornarve (Lft)Deputy member
Camilla Hansén (Grn)Deputy member
Heléne Björklund (SocDem)Deputy member
Ulf Holm (Grn)Extra deputy member