The (Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs (, KrU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes, popular education, youth activities, international cultural cooperation, and sports. The committee also debates church issues and matters concerning radio and television, and immigration and integration policies, insofar as they do not belong to the Constitutional Committee's preparation.
The committee's speaker is Amanda Lind from the Green Party and the vice-speaker is Robert Hannah from the Liberals.
List of speakers for the committee Name Period Political party Lennart Mattsson 1971–1976 Centre Party Georg Andersson 1976–1982 Social Democratic Party Britt Mogård 1982-1983 Moderate Party Ingrid Sundberg 1983–1991 Moderate Party Åke Gustavsson 1991–1998 Social Democratic Party Inger Davidsson 1998-2002 Christian Democrats Lennart Kollmats 2002–2006 Liberal People's Party Siv Holma 2006–2010 Vänsterpartiet Berit Högman 2010–2012 Social Democratic Party Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa 2012–2014 Social Democratic Party Per Bill 2014–2015 Moderate Party Olof Lavesson 2015–2018 Moderate Party Christer NylanderHan blir kulturutskottets nya ordförande 2018-09-28 2018–2022 Liberals Amanda Lind 2022– Green Party
List of vice-speakers for the committee Name Period Political party Notes Åke Gustavsson 1998–2002 Social Democratic Party Annika Nilsson 2002–2005 Social Democratic Party Lars Wegendal 2005-2006 Social Democratic Party Cecilia Wikström 2006-2009 Liberal People's Party Christer Nylander 2009–2013 Liberal People's Party Ulf Nilsson 2013–2014 Liberal People's Party Gunilla Carlsson i Hisings Backa 2014–2018 Social Democratic Party Vasiliki Tsouplaki Vasiliki Tsouplaki blir vice ordförande i Kulturutskottet 2018-09-27 2018–2022 Left Party Lotta Finstorp 2019–2022 Moderate Party Second vice-speaker Lawen Redar 2019–2022 Social Democratic Party Third vice-speaker Robert Hannah 2022– Liberals
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External links Civil Affairs Committee 2015 (archived) Civil Affairs Committee 2020