(Parliamentary) Committee on Environment and Agriculture ( sv, miljö- och jordbruksutskottet) (MJU) is a
parliamentary committee
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in the Swedish
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 ...
. The committee's main areas of responsibility are the Swedish agricultural industry,
agriculture,
forestry, policies surrounding gardening,
hunting
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,
fishing, and weather forecasting. The committee also handles other matters such as the safety of
nuclear power,
nature conservation
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, 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
Emma Nohrén (born 1980) is a Swedish politician. She was elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2022. She represents the constituency of Gothenburg Municipality. She is affiliated with the Green Party
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, 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
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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
List of vice-speakers for the committee
References
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External links
Riksdagen - Miljö- och jordbruksutskottet
Committees of the Riksdag