(Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs
(, KrU) is a
parliamentary committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...
in the Swedish
Riksdag
The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...
. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes,
popular education
Popular education is a concept grounded in notions of class, political struggle, critical theory and social transformation. The term is a translation from the Spanish or the Portuguese . The term 'popular' in this case means 'of the people'. ...
, youth activities, international cultural cooperation, and sports. The committee also debates church issues and matters concerning radio and television, and immigration and integration policies, insofar as they do not belong to the
Constitutional Committee's preparation.
The committee's speaker is
Amanda Lind
Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind (; born 2 August 1980) is a politician for the Swedish Green Party. She has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party since April 2024. From 2019 to 2021, she was the Minister for Culture and Democracy, with responsibi ...
from the
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice.
Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
and the vice-speaker is
Robert Hannah from the
Liberals.
List of speakers for the committee
List of vice-speakers for the committee
References
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External links
Civil Affairs Committee2015 (archived)
Civil Affairs Committee2020
Committees of the Riksdag