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Committee on the Constitution

Are the Government and government ministers complying with the rules that apply to the work of the Government? It is the Committee on the Constitution’s responsibility to examine this. The members of the Riksdag have the right to report government ministers to the Committee on the Constitution. The Committee then examines whether or not the ministers who have been reported have acted inappropriately. Other areas for which the Committee on the Constitution is responsible include Sweden’s fundamental laws, matters relating to radio and television and funding to the daily press.

Ongoing business

The Committee on the Constitution is working with the following proposals.

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The Committee on the Constitution

Is responsible for the fundamental laws and examines whether the Government and ministers comply with the rules applying to the Government’s work.

Documents

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

Committee on the Constitution (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 the Constitution

Oscar Sjöstedt (SweDem)Chair
Jennie Nilsson (SocDem)Deputy Chair
Mats Green (Mod)Member
Mirja Räihä (SocDem)Member
Per-Arne Håkansson (SocDem)Member
Ulrik Nilsson (Mod)Member
Caroline Täljeblad (Lft)Member
Ludvig Aspling (SweDem)Member
Magnus Haara (Cen)Member
Mats Sander (Mod)Member
Jan Riise (Grn)Member
Cecilia Engström (ChrDem)Member
Amalia Rud Stenlöf (SocDem)Member
Roger Hedlund (SweDem)Member
Peter Hedberg (SocDem)Member
Erik Nygårds (Lib)Member
Talla Alkurdi (SocDem)Member
Jimmy Jansson (SocDem)Deputy member
Susanne Wahlström (Mod)Deputy member
David Höglund Velasquez (Lft)Deputy member
Fredrik Lindahl (SweDem)Deputy member
Muharrem Demirok (Cen)Deputy member
Annelie Hastig Olsson (Mod)Deputy member
Camilla Hansén (Grn)Deputy member
Ida Kors (SweDem)Deputy member
Erik Ezelius (SocDem)Deputy member
Katarina Stenström Ros (Mod)Deputy member
Umihana Rasovic (Lft)Deputy member
Mikael Oscarsson (ChrDem)Deputy member
Birte Sandberg (Cen)Deputy member
Martin Westmont (SweDem)Deputy member
Marcus Friberg (Grn)Deputy member
Mauricio Rojas (Lib)Deputy member
Sarkis Khatchadourian (SocDem)Deputy member
Emil Högberg (SocDem)Deputy member
Gustaf Lantz (SocDem)Deputy member
Banesa Martinez Roldán (Lft)Deputy member
Carina Örgård (Lft)Deputy member
Camilla Brodin (ChrDem)Deputy member
Larry Söder (ChrDem)Deputy member
Magnus Berntsson (ChrDem)Deputy member
Ulrika Westerlund (Grn)Deputy member
Cecilia Prins (Lib)Deputy member
Marianne Littke (Lib)Deputy member
Elin Andersson (Lib)Deputy member