Speaker of the Riksdag
Presiding officer of Swedish legislature
The speaker of the Riksdag is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.
| Speaker of the Riksdag
Riksdagens talman | |
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 Coat of Arms of the Swedish Parliament | |
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| The Riksdag | |
| Style | Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. (English: "Mr Speaker") |
| Seat | Parliament House |
| Nominator | Riksdag |
| Appointer | The Alderman |
| Term length | Four years (de facto) |
| Inaugural holder | Henry Allard |
| Formation | 1617 |
| Deputy | See List of Deputy Speakers |
| Salary | 2,112,000 kr annually[1] |
| Website | www |
Since 1975, the speaker, and no longer the monarch, appoints and fires the prime minister.
The current speaker is Andreas Norlén, who has held the gavel since September 2018.[2]
List (since 1971)
change| Portrait | Speaker (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Election | Constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| Henry Allard (1911–1996) | 15 January 1971 | 1 October 1979 | 8 years, 259 days | Social Democrats | 1970 1973 1976 | Örebro County | ||
| Ingemund Bengtsson (1919–2000) | 1 October 1979 | 3 October 1988 | 9 years, 2 days | Social Democrats | 1979 1982 1985 | Halland County | ||
| Thage G. Peterson (born 1933) | 3 October 1988 | 30 September 1991 | 2 years, 362 days | Social Democrats | 1988 | Stockholm County | ||
| Ingegerd Troedsson (1929–2012) | 30 September 1991 | 3 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Moderate | 1991 | Uppsala County | ||
| Birgitta Dahl (1937–2024) | 3 October 1994 | 30 September 2002 | 7 years, 362 days | Social Democrats | 1994 1998 | Uppsala County | ||
| Björn von Sydow (born 1945) | 30 September 2002 | 2 October 2006 | 4 years, 2 days | Social Democrats | 2002 | Stockholm County | ||
| Per Westerberg (born 1951) | 2 October 2006 | 29 September 2014 | 7 years, 362 days | Moderate | 2006 2010 | Södermanland County | ||
| Urban Ahlin (born 1964) | 29 September 2014 | 24 September 2018 | 3 years, 360 days | Social Democrats | 2014 | Västra Götaland County | ||
| Andreas Norlén (born 1973) | 24 September 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 68 days | Moderate | 2018 2022 | Östergötland County | ||
References
change- ↑ "Frågor & svar samt statistik över ledamöternas arvoden" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ↑ "Andreas Norlén Elected Speaker of the Riksdag". Publicnow. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
