Committee on Justice

What actions should society take to prevent and combat crime? In what forms should Sweden cooperate with other countries to combat serious crime and terrorism? What penalties should apply? These are matters for which the Committee on Justice is responsible. The Committee also works with matters relating to the courts, the police and the probation service, as well as support to victims of crime.

Ongoing business

The Committee on Justice is working with the following proposals.

Select status

The Committee on Justice

Works, for example, with matters relating to crime prevention and what penalties should apply. 

Committee on Justice

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

Committee on Justice (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 Justice

Teresa Carvalho (SocDem)Vice ordförande
Ellen Juntti (Mod)Deputy member
Malin Björk (Cen)Deputy member
Fredrik Lindstål (Cen)Extra deputy member