(Parliamentary) Committee on Defence ( sv, försvarsutskottet) (FöU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern the

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

(insofar as such matters do not belong to the preparation of any other committee), the role of the population in defense policies (''total defense''), along with coordination inside the ''total defense''. The committee also treats questions regarding the

coast guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...

. The committee's speaker is

Peter Hultqvist Carl Anders ''Peter'' Hultqvist (born 31 December 1958) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats who served as the Minister for Defence in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2022. Background Born in 1958, Hultqvist is of Finnish desc ...

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 Fo ...

and the vice-speaker is Sven-Olof Sällström from the Sweden Democrats since 2022.

List of speakers for the committee

List of vice-speakers for the committee

References

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External links

Riksdag – Försvarsutskottet
Riksdag – Defence Committee Committees of the Riksdag