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Health And Welfare Committee (Sweden)
(Parliamentary) Committee on Health and Welfare ( sv, socialutskottet) (SoU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern the wellbeing of children and teenagers, care for the elderly and disabled, measures against addiction, and other social services issues. It also debates on policies regarding alcohol, and health care along with social matters in general. The committee's Speaker is Christian Carlsson from the Christian Democratic Party, and the vice-Speaker is Fredrik Lundh Sammeli from the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For .... List of speakers for the committee List of vice-speakers for the committee References {{reflist External linksRiksdag - Socialutskottet(Health a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Committees In The Riksdag
There are fifteen parliamentary committees in the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament. Each committee is made up of seventeen elected MPs, with at least one member from each political party. Additionally, the committee on EU Affairs, while not one of the standing committees, has a similar role. Current committees ;Civil Affairs () :The Committee on Civil Affairs was formed on 1 October 2006. This committee overtook issues that were previously handled by the Committee on Civil Law () and the Committee on Housing (). Currently the committee is chaired by Emma Hult of the Green Party, and as vice-Speaker Larry Söder of the Christian Democrats. ;The Constitution () :The first Committee on the Constitution was established in the Riksdag of the Estates in May 1809. The committee played a decisive role in bringing about a new Instrument of Government, which was adopted on 6 June 1809. The existence of a Committee on the Constitution and other parliamentary committees was further regulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Party (Sweden)
The Left Party ( sv, Vänsterpartiet ; V) is a socialist political party in Sweden. On economic issues, the party opposes privatizations and advocates increased public expenditure. In foreign policy, the party is Eurosceptic, being opposed to the European Union, NATO, and Swedish entry into the eurozone. It attempted to get Sweden to join the Non-Aligned Movement in 1980, but did not succeed. The party is eco-socialist, and also supports anti-racism, feminism, and republicanism. It is placed on the left-wing of the political spectrum. The party has never been part of a government at the national level, though it has lended parliamentary support to the Swedish Social Democratic Party-led government in the Riksdag. From 1998 to 2006, the Left Party was in a confidence-and-supply arrangement with the ruling Social Democrats and the Green Party. Since 2014, it has supported the minority government of Social Democrats and Greens in the Riksdag, as well as in many of Sweden's count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lena Sörenson
Anna-Lena Sörenson (born 1954) is a Swedish politician. She served as member of the Riksdag from 4 October 2010 to 24 September 2018, representing the constituency of Östergötland County. She was the head of the Sweden-Kurdistan Parliamentary Network and visited Turkey in 2015 within a delegation of other Swedish politicians and attempted to convince Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of south ... (PKK) to return to the peace process which broke down. After serving in parliament, she led the Swedish Gambling Market Commission to investigate regulations and measures for online gambling advertising. References Living people 1954 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Swedish politicians 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Palm
Anna Veronica Helen Palm (born 1 February 1973) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She has been a Member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2002 and is chairman of the Stockholm Labour Commune since 2009. She was married to Roger Mogert, the, then, opposition leader of Stockholm Municipality, with whom she has three children, Alva, Moa and Klara Mogert Palm. They announced their separation on 10 April 2013. References External linksVeronica Palmat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ... website Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Living people 1973 births Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Hallengren
Lena Ingeborg Hallengren (born 25 December 1973) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been served as Minister for Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven from 21 January 2019 until he left office in November 2021. Hallengren then continued in the same role in the Andersson Cabinet. Political career In the government of Prime Minister Göran Persson, Hallengren served as Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of preschool education, youth affairs and adult learning, from 2002 to 2006. Hallengren has been a member of the Riksdag since the 2006 elections. In that capacity, she served as member of the Member of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture (2006-2009) and later chaired the Committee on Transport and Communications (2009-2010) and the Committee on Education (2014–2018). In March 2018, Hallengren became Minister for Children, the Elderly and Equality after her predecessor Åsa Regnér left the gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ylva Johansson
Ylva Julia Margareta Johansson (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Home Affairs since 2019. She previously served in the government of Sweden as Minister for Schools from 1994 to 1998, as Minister for Welfare and Elderly Healthcare from 2004 to 2006, and as Minister for Employment from 2014 to 2019. She has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2006. Education and early career Johansson studied at Lund University and the Stockholm Institute of Education between 1983–88 and 1991–92 respectively, and holds a Master of Science degree in education. Upon graduating, she worked as a math, physics, and chemistry teacher.Meet the commissioners '' |
Mona Sahlin
Mona Ingeborg Sahlin ( born 9 March 1957) is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011. Sahlin was a Member of Parliament, representing Stockholm County, from 1982 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2011. She has also held ministerial posts in the Swedish government from 1990 to 1991, from 1994 to 1995 and from 1998 to 2006. Sahlin was elected as leader of the Social Democratic Party on 17 March 2007, succeeding Göran Persson who resigned as leader following the defeat in the 2006 general election. Sahlin is the first female leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and became in 2011 the first since Claes Tholin in 1907 to leave that position without having served as Prime Minister of Sweden. In 2012, her successor Håkan Juholt joined her as the second now living person to do so. On 14 November 2010, following another electoral defeat for the Social Democrats, she announced her intent to ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren
Chatrine Britt Louise Pålsson Ahlgren (born 22 June 1947) is a Swedish Christian Democratic politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1991 to 2009. External linksChatrine Pålsson Ahlgrenat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ... website 1947 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians Living people Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994 Members of the Riksdag 1994–1998 Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag from the Christian Democrats (Sweden) Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Heister
Chris Heister (born ''Gun Christina Heister''; 18 September 1950, in Östhammar) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and former Leader of the Opposition on Stockholm County Council. She was elected to the Riksdag in 1991 and served until 2002. 1999–2003 she was deputy chairman of the party. In 2002, she chose to step down from the Riksdag to pursue a career in Stockholm's local politics. Having experience as a health spokesman in the Rikdag, she is very active on health issues - the main function of Stockholm County Council. Heister was appointed governor of Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ... in 2008 and served in this capacity until 2012. From 1 February 2012 to 31 August 2017, she served as governor of Stockholm County. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Andersson (politician)
Elsa Ingrid Andersson (7 February 1924 – 3 January 2005) was a Swedish gymnast. She competed in the women's artistic team all-around event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1924 births 2005 deaths Swedish female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Sweden Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Stockholm {{Sweden-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acko Ankarberg Johansson
Ann-Charlotte ''Acko'' Linnea Cecilia Ankarberg Johansson (born Ankarberg on 29 October 1964) is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ... politician who became a member of the Riksdag in September 2018. She was previously party secretary of the Christian Democrats from December 2010 to September 2018. She is Minister for Health Care in the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet since 18 October 2022. Ankarberg Johansson served as Mayor of Jönköping from 2006 to 2010. During her leadership, Jönköping Municipality was the largest municipality in Sweden governed by the Christian Democrats. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ankarberg Johansson, Acko Living people 1964 births People from Jönköping Mayors of places in Sweden Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Henriksson
Emma Henriksson (born 18 November 1977) is a Swedish politician. She was a member of the Christian Democrats and was a substitute member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2010, replacing Mats Odell when he served as Minister for Financial Markets. From 2010 to 2018, Henriksson was a member of the Riksdag by her own. She was chairman of the Riksdag's Committee on Social Affairs since 2014. She was parliamentary group leader of her party from 2012 to 2015, replacing Mats Odell. She was the second deputy party leader from 2015 to 2017. External links Emma Henrikssonat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ... website Members of the Riksdag from the Christian Democrats (Sweden) Living people 1977 births Women members of the Riksdag 21st-century Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
