Committee on Civil Law () was a

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in the Swedish

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. 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

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period, there was a Law Committee (since 1918 there were divided Law Committees for the First Chamber and the

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, they were called the First Law Committee and the

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, in 1949 the Riksdag introduced the Third Law Committee). During the

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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

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. On 1 October 2006, the committee was assimilated, along with the Committee on Housing, into the Committee on Civil Affairs.Pressmeddelande
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List of speakers for the committee

Erik Sparre Erik Larsson Sparre (born Erik Larsson; also known as Erik Gyllensparre, Eric Sparre, or Erik Sparre of Rossvik; 13 July 1550 – 20 March 1600) was a Swedish noble, statesman, diplomat, and political theorist who served as Privy Councilor fro ...

1850 / 1851 - 1865/ 1866

References

{{Committees of the Parliament of Sweden Defunct standing committees of the Riksdag