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Committee On Housing
The (Parliamentary) Committee on Housing ( sv, Bostadsutskottet, BoU) was a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag up until 2006. The committee prepared, among other things, policies about housing and about land tenure, dwelling policies, water law, planning of buildings, physical planning, property development and surveying, as well as matters concerning the national administrative division and such municipal issues that do not belong to any other committee's preparation area. On 1 October 2006, the committee was assimilated, along with the Law Committee, into the Civil Affairs Committee. ''riksdagen.se'' (archived) The last Speaker of the committee was |
Parliamentary Committees In The Riksdag
There are fifteen parliamentary committees in the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament. Each committee is made up of seventeen elected MPs, with at least one member from each political party. Additionally, the committee on EU Affairs, while not one of the standing committees, has a similar role. Current committees ;Civil Affairs () :The Committee on Civil Affairs was formed on 1 October 2006. This committee overtook issues that were previously handled by the Committee on Civil Law () and the Committee on Housing (). Currently the committee is chaired by Emma Hult of the Green Party, and as vice-Speaker Larry Söder of the Christian Democrats. ;The Constitution () :The first Committee on the Constitution was established in the Riksdag of the Estates in May 1809. The committee played a decisive role in bringing about a new Instrument of Government, which was adopted on 6 June 1809. The existence of a Committee on the Constitution and other parliamentary committees was further regulated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Affairs Committee (Sweden)
(Parliamentary) Committee on Civil Affairs ( sv, civilutskottet) (CU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag that was founded on October 1, 2006, with the merger of the Law Committee and the Housing Committee. The committee's areas of responsibility concern housing policy, consumer policy, community planning, and civil law. When the committee was founded it was the largest reorganization of the Swedish Parliament since the abolishment of the bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ... Riksdag in 1971. List of speakers for the committee List of vice-speakers for the committee References {{reflist External linksRiksdag – Civil Affairs Committee Committees of the Riksdag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 liberalism. Internationally, it is a full member of the International Democrat Union and the European People's Party. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League (''Allmänna valmansförbundet'' ) by a group of conservatives in the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. The party was later known as The Right (''Högern'' ; 1938–1952) and Right Wing Party (''Högerpartiet'' ; 1952–1969). During this time, the party was usually called the Conservative Party outside of Sweden. After holding minor posts in centre-right governments, the Moderates eventually became the leading opposition party to the Swedish Social Democratic Party and since then those two parties have dominated Swedish politics. After the 1991 Swedish general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Billing
Knut Billing (15 January 1939 – 31 May 2007) was a Swedish politician, member of the Swedish Riksdag 1979–2002. He was a member of the Committee on Housing in 1983, and later in 1994 until 2002 as Speaker for the committee. He was also a member of the Swedish delegation to the Council of Europe from October 1993 until December 2002. He was also a member of Sweden's Nominating Committee from February 1992 until September 2002. During his time in the Riksdag, Billing was serving the constituency of Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stoc .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Billing, Knut 1939 births 2007 deaths Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Members of the Riksdag 1979–1982 Members of the Riksdag 1982–1985 Members of the Riksdag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Party (Sweden)
The Centre Party ( sv, Centerpartiet ; C) is a liberal political party in Sweden, founded in 1913. The party's major issues are the national economy, the environment, political decentralisation and social integration. It is represented in all of the Riksdag's parliamentary committees, currently holding 31 seats. From 2019 to 2021, it provided confidence and supply to the Löfven II Cabinet. Traditionally part of the Nordic agrarian party family, the Centre Party has increasingly shifted its focus towards economic liberalism, environmental protection, equality of the sexes and decentralisation of governmental authority. The party self-describes as liberal feminist, campaigning for policies which enhance gender equality on an individualist basis. Its environmental policies stress the importance of consent and voluntary action, including working with foresters and private landowners to promote biodiversity within a mutually agreeable framework. The Centre Party has held the posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agne Hansson
Agne Hansson (born 1938) is a Swedish Centre Party politician, member 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 ... 1982–2006. References 1938 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 1982–1985 Members of the Riksdag 1985–1988 Members of the Riksdag 1988–1991 Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994 Members of the Riksdag 1994–1998 {{Sweden-Centre-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democrats (Sweden)
The Christian Democrats ( sv, Kristdemokraterna ; KD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party, and in 1991 broke through to win seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch. She succeeded Göran Hägglund, who had been leader since 2004. The party name was for a long time abbreviated to KDS (standing for , Christian Democratic Unity), until 1996, when the party changed its name to the current ''Christian Democrats'' and its abbreviation to ''KD''. The KD was a minor party in the centre-right Alliance coalition government led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt between 2006 and 2014 and later a part of the centre-right opposition until it dissolved in January 2019. Since 2021 the KD mainly cooperates with the Moderate Party, Liberals and the Sweden Democrats. Ideology According to the party their five most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnwi Marcelind
Ragnwi Marcelind (1953-2021) was a Swedish Christian Democratic politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 she was the State Secretary for Maria Larsson Ingrid Maria Larsson (born 20 January 1956 in Långasjö) is Swedish politician of the Christian Democrats who has been Governor of Örebro County since May 2015, appointed by the cabinet of Stefan Löfven. She previously served as Minister ..., the Minister of Elder Care and Public Health. External linksRagnwi Marcelindat the Riksdag websiteRagnwi Marcelind official page Members of the Riksdag from the Christian Democrats (Sweden) 1953 births Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 21st-century Swedish women politicians Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 2021 deaths {{Sweden-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Committee (Sweden)
Committee on Civil Law ( sv, Lagutskottet) was a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. Its area of responsibility was to bring up questions and policies on the law in Sweden under the period of 1971-2006. Even during the bicameral period, there was a Law Committee (since 1918 there were divided Law Committees for the First Chamber and the Second Chamber, they were called the First Law Committee and the Second Law Committee, in 1949 the Riksdag introduced the Third Law Committee). During the unicameral Riksdag (the modern Riksdag), the committee was mostly changed in handling civil law issues such as family law, commercial and insurance contract law, company and association law, tort law, intellectual property law (including copyright and patents), bankruptcy law and consumer law. The Law Committee was the only parliamentary committee that did not prepare any budget issues. The last chairman of the committee was 2002-2006 Inger René of the Moderate Party The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with List of members of the Riksdag, 2018–2022, 349 members (), elected proportional representation, proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election. The constitutional mandates of the Riksdag are enumerated in the ''Basic Laws of Sweden#Instrument of Government, Instrument of Government'' (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act ().Instrument of Government as of 2012. Retrieved on 16 November 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges kommuner) are its lower-level local government entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services and physical planning. Foundation The Local Government Act of 1991 specifies several responsibilities for the municipalities, and provides outlines for local government, such as the process for electing the municipal assembly. It also regulates a process (''laglighetsprövning'', "legality trial") through which any citizen can appeal the decisions of a local government to a county court. Municipal government in Sweden is similar to city commission government and cabinet-style council government. A legislative municipal assembly ''( kommunfullmäktige)'' of between 31 and 101 members (always an odd number) is elected from party-list proportional representation at municipal elections, held every four years in conjunction with the national general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is called a land surveyor. These points are usually on the surface of the Earth, and they are often used to establish maps and boundaries for ownership, locations, such as the designed positions of structural components for construction or the surface location of subsurface features, or other purposes required by government or civil law, such as property sales. Surveyors work with elements of geodesy, geometry, trigonometry, regression analysis, physics, engineering, metrology, programming languages, and the law. They use equipment, such as total stations, robotic total stations, theodolites, GNSS receivers, retroreflectors, 3D scanners, LiDAR sensors, radios, inclinometer, handheld tablets, optical and digital levels, subsurface loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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