(Parliamentary) Committee on Defence[1] (Swedish: försvarsutskottet) (FöU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern the military (insofar as such matters do not belong to the preparation of any other committee), the role of the population in defence policies (total defence), along with coordination inside the total defence. The committee also treats questions regarding the coast guard.
The committee's speaker is Peter Hultqvist from the Social Democratic Party since 2022 and the vice-speaker is Lars Wistedt from the Sweden Democrats since 2023.
| Name | Period | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | 1971–1985 | Moderate Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 1985–1987 | Moderate Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 1987–1998 | Moderate Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 1998–2002 | Moderate Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2002–2006 | Centre Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2006–2007 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2007–2010 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2010–2011 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2011–2014 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2014–2018 | Liberals | |||
| bgcolor= | Niklas Karlsson[2] | 2018–2019 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2019 | Moderate Party | |||
| bgcolor= | Pål Jonson[3] | 2020–2022 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2022 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| bgcolor= | 2022– | Social Democratic Party | |||
| Name | Period | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | 1981–1982 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1982–1988 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1988–1991 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1991–1994 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1994–1996 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1996–1998 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1998–2006 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2006–2010 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2010–2014 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2014–2018 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2018–2019 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | Niklas Karlsson[4] | 2019–2022 | Social Democratic Party | |
| bgcolor= | 2022–2023 | Sweden Democrats | ||
| bgcolor= | 2023– | Sweden Democrats | ||