Committee on the Labour Market

Labour Market Committee meeting place in the Parliament House, Stockholm
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(Parliamentary) Committee on the Labour Market[1] (Swedish: arbetsmarknadsutskottet) (AU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern active labour market policies, working condition policies, working life policies, labour laws, along with gender equality between men and women on the labour market and the working life. The committee was first implemented into the Riksdag during the parliament year of 1975/1976, it served as a successor to the Committee on Home Affairs[2] (Swedish: Inrikesutskottet).

The Speaker for the committee is Magnus Persson from the Sweden Democrats and the vice-Speaker is Ardalan Shekarabi from the Social Democrats.

List of speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
  Elver Jonsson 1978–1982 People's Party
  Frida Berglund 1982–1988 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Lars Ulander 1988–1991 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Mona Sahlin 1991–1992 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Ingela Thalén 1992–1994 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Johnny Ahlqvist 1994–2000 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Sven-Erik Österberg 2000–2002 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Anders Karlsson 2002–2006 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd 2006–2008 Moderate Party
  Hillevi Engström 2008–2010 Moderate Party
  Tomas Tobé 2010–2012 Moderate Party
  Elisabeth Svantesson 2012-2013 Moderate Party
  Jessica Polfjärd 2013–2014 Moderate Party
  Raimo Pärssinen 2014–2018 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Anna Johansson[3] 2018–2022 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Magnus Persson 2022–2024 Sweden Democrats

Ardalan Shekarabi

List of vice-speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party Notes
  Elver Jonsson 1985–1998 People's Party/Liberal People's Party
  Margareta Andersson 1998–2006 Centre Party
  Sven-Erik Österberg 2006–2008 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Hillevi Engström 2008–2010 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Ylva Johansson 2010-2014 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Ulf Kristersson 2014 Moderate Party
  Elisabeth Svantesson 2014–2017 Moderate Party
  Jessica Polfjärd 2017–2018 Moderate Party
  Gulan Avci[4] 2018–2020 Liberal Party
  Erik Bengtzboe 2019 Moderate Party Second vice-Speaker
  Mats Green 2019–2022 Moderate Party Second vice-Speaker
  Arman Teimouri 2020–2021 Liberal Party
  Roger Haddad 2021–2022 Liberal Party
  Teresa Carvalho 2022–2024 Swedish Social Democratic Party
  Ardalan Shekarabi 2024– Swedish Social Democratic Party

See also

Sveriges arbetsmarknadspolitik [sv] (Sweden's labour policies)

References

  1. ^ Utrikes namnbok. [Elektronisk resurs] : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU- och EG-organ, EU-titlar och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (in Swedish) (9th, rev. ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2013. p. 11. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. ^ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1416. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
  3. ^ Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archived 2018-09-28
  4. ^ Gulan Avci ny vice ordförande i rikdagens arbetsmarknadsutskott 2018-09-28