The

speaker of the Riksdag The speaker of the Riksdag ( sv, Riksdagens talman) is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden. The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medieval Riksdag of the Estates was abolis ...

is assisted by three

deputy speaker The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

s who are also elected by a vote in the chamber. Traditionally, the second, third and fourth largest parties gets to name of one of their members for these offices. There is some disagreement whether the largest party or the leader of the largest party bloc should hold the Speakership. Unlike the Speaker (and cabinet ministers), the deputy speakers are not replaced by an alternate and remain members of the Riksdag with voting rights.

List of deputy speakers

This is a list of deputy speakers of 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 ...

, since it became a

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

body 1971.

First deputy speaker

Second deputy speaker

Third deputy speaker

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Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liber ...

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Cecilia Nettelbrandt Cecilia Aina Nettelbrandt, née Bergens (27 June 1922 – 24 February 2009) was a Swedish politician ( Liberals). She was MP of the Second Chamber of the Parliament of Sweden from 1961 to 1976. Early life Nettelbrandt was born Cecilia Aina Bergens ...

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Karl Erik Eriksson Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austri ...

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Anders Dahlgren Anders Dahlgren (23 December 1925 – 24 March 1986) was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party. He served at the Riksdag (lower chamber) 1961–1970, and of the unicameral Riksdag 1970 to his death in 1986. From 1982 to 1 ...

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Bertil Fiskesjö Bertil Fiskesjö (July 9, 1928 – 30 November 2019) was a Swedish politician and a member of the Centre Party. Fiskesjö was born in Algutsboda, studied at Lund University, and became a university lecturer in political science. He was a mem ...

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Christer Eirefelt Christer or Krister are varieties of the masculine given name Kristian, derived from the Latin name ''Christianus'', which in turn comes from the Greek word ''khristianós'', which means "follower of Christ". The name, written in its two variants C ...

, , 1994–1998 , , People's Party , - , bgcolor=, , , Rose-Marie Frebran , , 1998–2002 , ,

Christian Democrats __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social ...

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Liselott Hagberg Liselott Hagberg (born 1958) is a Swedish Liberal politician who was a member of the Riksdag between 2002 and 2012. She was the Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag 2006–2012. In October 2012, Hagberg became Governor of Södermanland County. S ...

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Jan Ertsborn Jan Ertsborn (born 1944) is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician. He has been a member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Swede ...

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Esabelle Dingizian Esabelle Dingizian ( hy, Իզապէլ Տինկիզեան; 16 September 1962) is a Swedish Green Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. She served as Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2018. Early life D ...

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Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...

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Kerstin Lundgren Kerstin Margareta Lundgren (born 1955) is a Swedish Centre Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002 she is taking up seat number 2 for Stockholm County's constituancy. Since the September 24, 2018, Speaker of the Riks ...

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References

The Instrument of Government, in English (as of 2012)
(PDF), The Riksdag (2012). Retrieved on 2012-11-13. Deputy Speakers of the Parliament of Sweden Riksdag Deputy speakers of the Riksdag