The (Parliamentary) Committee on Health and Welfare (, 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.
List of speakers for the committee Name Period Political party Göran Karlsson - Social Democratic Party Ingemar Eliasson 1982–1985 People's Party Daniel Tarschys 1985–1991 People's Party Bo Holmberg 1991–1994 Social Democratic Party Sten Svensson 1994–1998 Moderate Party Ingrid Burman 1998–2006 Left Party Kenneth Johansson 2006–2012 Centre Party Anders W. Jonsson 2012–2014 Centre Party Emma Henriksson 2014–2018 Christian Democrats Acko Ankarberg JohanssonTrots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost Archive 2018-09-28 2018–2022 Christian Democrats Christian Carlsson 2022– Christian Democrats
List of vice-speakers for the committee Name Period Political party Sten Svensson 1991-1994 Moderate Party Bo Holmberg 1994–1996 Social Democratic Party Ingrid Andersson 1996–1998 Social Democratic Party Chris Heister 1998–2002 Moderate Party Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren 2002–2006 Christian Democrats Mona Sahlin 2006–2007 Social Democratic Party Ylva Johansson 2007–2010 Social Democratic Party Lena Hallengren 2010–2014 Social Democratic Party Veronica Palm 2014–2015 Social Democratic Party Anna-Lena Sörenson 2015–2018 Social Democratic Party Kristina NilssonPressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archive 2018-09-28 2018–2022 Social Democratic Party Fredrik Lundh Sammeli 2022– Social Democratic Party
References
External links Riksdag - Socialutskottet (Health and Welfare Committee)