Committee on Justice

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(Parliamentary) Committee on Justice[1] (Swedish: justitieutskottet) (JuU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern Judiciary policies on various different authorities, among other things, the courts, Prosecution Authority, the Police Authorities, the Prison and Probation Service, along with matters that concern the criminal code, the Code of Judicial Procedure, and laws that replace or are closely related to regulations that concern these areas.

The chairman of the committee is, since 2025, Henrik Vinge[2] of the Sweden Democrats and the deputy chairman of the committee is, since 2024, Teresa Carvalho of the Social Democrats.

List of speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
  Bertil Lidgard 1977-1984 Moderate Party
  Karin Ahrland 1985–1989 People's Party
  Britta Bjelle 1989–1994 People's Party
  Gun Hellsvik 1994–2001 Moderate Party
  Fredrik Reinfeldt 2001–2002 Moderate Party
  Johan Pehrson 2002–2006 Liberal People's Party
  Thomas Bodström 2006–2010 Social Democratic Party
  Morgan Johansson 2010–2014 Social Democratic Party
  Beatrice Ask 2014–2017 Moderate Party
  Tomas Tobé 2017–2018 Moderate Party
  Fredrik Lundh Sammeli[3][4] 2018–2022 Social Democratic Party
  Richard Jomshof 2022–2025 Sweden Democrats
  Henrik Vinge[5] 2025– Sweden Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee

Name Period Political party
  Morgan Johansson 2002 Social Democratic Party
  Susanne Eberstein 2002–2004 Social Democratic Party
  Britta Lejon 2004–2006 Social Democratic Party
  Inger Davidsson 2006–2010 Christian Democrats
  Johan Linander 2010–2014 Centre Party
  Annika Hirvonen Falk 2014–2015 Green Party
  Mats Pertoft 2015–2016 Green Party
  Annika Hirvonen Falk 2016–2018 Green Party
  Andreas Carlson[6][7] 2018–2022 Christian Democrats
  Petter Löberg 2022 Social Democratic Party
  Ardalan Shekarabi 2022–2024 Social Democratic Party
  Teresa Carvalho 2024– Social Democratic Party

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. 18. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (11 February 2025). "Henrik Vinge (SD) ny ordförande i justitieutskottet". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. ^ Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archived 2018-09-28
  4. ^ Fredrik Lundh Sammeli (S) riksdagen.se
  5. ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (11 February 2025). "Henrik Vinge (SD) ny ordförande i justitieutskottet". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  6. ^ Trots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost 2018-09-28
  7. ^ Andreas Carlson (KD) riksdagen.se
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