The (Parliamentary) Committee on Environment and Agriculture (, MJU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility are the Swedish agricultural industry, agriculture, forestry, policies surrounding gardening, hunting, fishing, and weather forecasting. The committee also handles other matters such as the safety of nuclear power, nature conservation, and environmental protection, along with other matters that do not concern any other of the seventeen committees. Before the 1998/1999 opening of the Riksdag, was the name of the committee Jordbruksutskottet (Committee on Agriculture)
The committee's Speaker is Emma Nohrén, from the Green Party, and the vice-Speaker is Kjell-Arne Ottosson from the Christian Democrats.
History The Committee on Agriculture was created in 1909 after the decision of the king and the Riksdag, and took over the tasks that were given to the State Committee and the Law Committee. During the time that Sweden was a bicameral state, there were 16 members of parliament serving in the committee from both chambers. The first meeting of the committee was in 1910.
List of speakers for the committee Name Period Political party Theodor Odelberg 1910–1911 Protectionist Party Daniel Persson i Tällberg 1912–1915 Liberal Coalition Party (Liberala samlingspartiet) Raoul Hamilton 1916–1918 Free-minded National Association Carl Johan Johansson i Uppmälby 1918 Social Democratic Party Raoul Hamilton 1919–1922 Freeminded People's Party Olof Nilsson i Tånga 1922–1927 Social Democratic Party Leonard Tjällgren 1940s and 1950s Farmers' League (Bondeförbundet) Einar Larsson 1974-1985 Centre Party Karl Erik Olsson 1985–1991 Centre Party Göran Persson 1991–1992 Social Democratic Party Margareta Winberg 1992–1994 Social Democratic Party Lennart Daléus 1994–1998 Centre Party Dan Ericsson 1998–2000 Christian Democrats Ulf Björklund 2000–2002 Christian Democrats Per Westerberg 2002–2003 Moderate Party Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd 2003–2006 Moderate Party Anders Ygeman 2006–2007 Social Democratic Party Carina Ohlsson 2007 Social Democratic Party Anders Ygeman 2007–2010 Social Democratic Party Matilda Ernkrans 2010–2018 Social Democratic Party Åsa Westlund 2018 Social Democratic Party Kristina YngweCenterpartiet leder jordbruksutskottet 2018-09-28 2018–2020 Centre Party Ulrika Heie 2020 Centre Party Kristina Yngwe 2020–2022 Centre Party Emma Nohrén 2022– Green Party
List of vice-speakers for the committee Name Period Political party Notes Inga-Britt Johansson 1994–1995 Social Democratic Party Sinikka Bohlin 1995–2002 Social Democratic Party Åsa Domeij 2002–2006 Green Party Claes Västerteg 2006–2010 Centre Party Bengt-Anders Johansson 2010-2014 Moderate Party Lena Ek 2014–2015 Centre Party Kristina Yngwe 2015–2018 Centre Party Maria GardfjellMaria Gardfjell blir vice ordförande i riksdagens miljö- och jordbruksutskott 2018-09-28 2018–2022 Green Party Jessica Rosencrantz 2019 Moderate Party Second vice-Speaker Louise Meijer 2019–2020 Moderate Party Second vice-Speaker Jessica Rosencrantz 2020–2022 Moderate Party Second vice-Speaker Kjell-Arne Ottosson 2022– Christian Democrats
References
External links Riksdagen - Miljö- och jordbruksutskottet