(Parliamentary) Committee on Foreign Affairs[1] (Swedish: utrikesutskottet) (UU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee prepares matters concerning the state's relationship to and agreements with other states and international organizations, assistance to other countries' development, representing the Swedish state abroad, as well as helping with diplomatic situations abroad. The committee also handles matters concerning foreign trade and international economic cooperation. They also handle matters that non of the other seventeen other parliamentary committees handle.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs should not be confused with the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs, which is a forum for the Government to discuss and seek support for its foreign policy with the Riksdag. The Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs is chaired by the Swedish king.
Since 2022, the Speaker of the committee is Aron Emilsson for the Sweden Democrats along with the vice-Speaker of the committee Morgan Johansson for the Social Democratic Party.
| Name | Period | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | 1938-1945 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1946–1964 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1965–1966 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1967–1976 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1976-1982 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1982-1991 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1991–1994 | People's Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1994 | Liberal People's Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1994–1995 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1995–2002 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2002–2006 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2006 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2006–2010 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2010–2012 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2012–2014 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2014–2018 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | Hans Wallmark[2] | 2018-2019 | Moderate Party | |
| bgcolor= | 2019–2022 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2022– | Sweden Democrats | ||
| Name | Period | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | 1988–1991 | Center Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1991–1994 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1994–1995 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 1995-2003 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2003–2006 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2006–2014 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2014–2017 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2017-2018 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | Kenneth G. Forslund[3] | 2018–2019 | Social Democratic Party | |
| bgcolor= | 2019–2022 | Moderate Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2022 | Social Democratic Party | ||
| bgcolor= | 2022– | Social Democratic Party | ||