(Parliamentary) Committee on Defence ( sv, försvarsutskottet) (FöU) is a

parliamentary committee A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...

in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern the

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distin ...

(insofar as such matters do not belong to the preparation of any other committee), the role of the population in defense policies (''total defense''), along with coordination inside the ''total defense''. The committee also treats questions regarding the

coast guard A coast guard or coastguard is a Maritime Security Regimes, maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with cust ...

. The committee's speaker is Peter Hultqvist from the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

and the vice-speaker is Sven-Olof Sällström from the

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply ...

since 2022.

List of speakers for the committee

List of vice-speakers for the committee

References

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External links

Riksdag – Försvarsutskottet
Riksdag – Defence Committee Committees of the Riksdag