# Committee on Environment and Agriculture

(Parliamentary) Committee on Environment and Agriculture (Swedish: miljö- och jordbruksutskottet) (MJU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility are the Swedish agricultural industry, agriculture, forestry, policies surrounding gardening, hunting, fishing, and weather forecasting. The committee also handles other matters such as the safety of nuclear power, nature conservation, 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, 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 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

| Name | Period | Political party |
| Theodor Odelberg | 1910–1911 | Protectionist Party |
| Daniel Persson i Tällberg | 1912–1915 | Liberal Coalition Party (Liberala samlingspartiet) |
| Raoul Hamilton | 1916–1918 | Free-minded National Association |
| Carl Johan Johansson i Uppmälby | 1918 | Social Democratic Party |
| Raoul Hamilton | 1919–1922 | Freeminded People's Party |
| Olof Nilsson i Tånga | 1922–1927 | Social Democratic Party |
| Leonard Tjällgren | 1940s and 1950s | Farmers' League (Bondeförbundet) |
| Einar Larsson | 1974-1985 | Centre Party |
| Karl Erik Olsson | 1985–1991 | Centre Party |
| Göran Persson | 1991–1992 | Social Democratic Party |
| Margareta Winberg | 1992–1994 | Social Democratic Party |
| Lennart Daléus | 1994–1998 | Centre Party |
| Dan Ericsson | 1998–2000 | Christian Democrats |
| Ulf Björklund | 2000–2002 | Christian Democrats |
| Per Westerberg | 2002–2003 | Moderate Party |
| Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd | 2003–2006 | Moderate Party |
| Anders Ygeman | 2006–2007 | Social Democratic Party |
| Carina Ohlsson | 2007 | Social Democratic Party |
| Anders Ygeman | 2007–2010 | Social Democratic Party |
| Matilda Ernkrans | 2010–2018 | Social Democratic Party |
| Åsa Westlund | 2018 | Social Democratic Party |
| Kristina Yngwe | 2018–2020 | Centre Party |
| Ulrika Heie | 2020 | Centre Party |
| Kristina Yngwe | 2020–2022 | Centre Party |
| Emma Nohrén | 2022– | Green Party |

## List of vice-speakers for the committee

| Name | Period | Political party | Notes |
| Inga-Britt Johansson | 1994–1995 | Social Democratic Party |
| Sinikka Bohlin | 1995–2002 | Social Democratic Party |
| Åsa Domeij | 2002–2006 | Green Party |
| Claes Västerteg | 2006–2010 | Centre Party |
| Bengt-Anders Johansson | 2010-2014 | Moderate Party |
| Lena Ek | 2014–2015 | Centre Party |
| Kristina Yngwe | 2015–2018 | Centre Party |
| Maria Gardfjell | 2018–2022 | Green Party |
| Jessica Rosencrantz | 2019 | Moderate Party | Second vice-Speaker |
| Louise Meijer | 2019–2020 | Moderate Party | Second vice-Speaker |
| Jessica Rosencrantz | 2020–2022 | Moderate Party | Second vice-Speaker |
| Kjell-Arne Ottosson | 2022– | Christian Democrats | |