The Riksdag (the Swedish parliament)'s Nomination Committee has completed its proposal for which members of parliament will be elected to the various committees. The proposal will be put to a vote on Tuesday.
The Sweden Democrats (SD) are reshuffling some of their well-known names, the SD-affiliated media channel Riks was the first to report.
Oscar Sjöstedt, who has so far been the SD's economic policy spokesperson, will move from the Finance Committee to the Constitutional Committee (KU).
Ludvig Aspling, the party's migration policy spokesperson, will also join the KU. He will also be nominated to the EU Committee.
New committee for Vinge
The party's vice-chairman and former Justice Committee chairman, Henrik Vinge, has been nominated by the SD to the Finance Committee.
Richard Jomshof, who chaired the Justice Committee until February 2025, will join the Business and Economic Affairs Committee, along with Martin Kinnunen, the party's climate policy spokesperson.
The SD has nominated, among others, Alexander Christiansson, the party's cultural policy spokesperson, to the Justice Committee.
Tobias Andersson, who chaired the Business and Economic Affairs Committee during the last term, has been nominated to the Education Committee, according to Riks.
“Natural part”
"Changes ahead of a new term of office are a natural part of the party's development. Several of our members will take on new major responsibilities in the Riksdag, which will be announced by tomorrow at the latest," SD press officer Oscar Cavalli Björkman said in a statement.
After the Riksdag votes on committee members on Tuesday, the committees hold constituent meetings to elect their chairs and vice-chairs.
The Left Party announced on Friday that its members Hawar Asaiesh and Nadja Awad will chair the Education Committee and the Social Insurance Committee, respectively. Sweden Democrat Mattias Karlsson will chair the Culture Committee, he told SVT.
Social Democratic group leader Lena Hallengren said on Instagram that there will be a red-green majority on all committees and that eight committees, plus the EU Committee, will have a red-green chair.
