(Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs ( sv, kulturutskottet, KrU) is a

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in the Swedish

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. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes,

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, 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 Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind (née ''Johansson''; born 2 August 1980) is a politician for the Swedish Green Party. From 2019 to 2021, she was the Minister for Culture and Democracy, with responsibility for sport and national minorities in the c ...

from the

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and the vice-speaker is

Robert Hannah Robert Hannah (born 7 August 1985) is a Swedish Liberal politician and member of the Riksdag for Gothenburg Municipality since 2014. In the 2014 election he was number 5 on the Liberal list but selected for the only Liberal seat through pers ...

from the Liberals.

List of speakers for the committee

List of vice-speakers for the committee

References

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External links

Civil Affairs Committee
2015 (archived)
Civil Affairs Committee
2020 Committees of the Riksdag