title: Committee on Transport and Communications
text: # Committee on Transport and Communications
  
  (Parliamentary) Committee on Transport and Communications (Swedish: trafikutskottet) (TU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern roads, railway, the sea and air transport, road traffic safety, mail services, telecommunication, and Information technology (IT) as well as research activities in the field of communication.
  
  The committee's Speaker is Ulrika Heie from the Centre Party, with Thomas Morell as the vice-Speaker from the Sweden Democrats.
  
  ## List of speakers for the committee
  
  | Name | Period | Political party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Kurt Hugosson | 1982-1987 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Birger Rosqvist | 1987–1993 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Sven-Gösta Signell | 1993–1994 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Monica Öhman | 1994–2002 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Claes Roxbergh | 2002–2006 | Green Party |
  | Anders Karlsson | 2006–2007 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Christina Axelsson | 2007–2008 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Ibrahim Baylan | 2008–2009 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Lena Hallengren | 2009–2010 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Anders Ygeman | 2010–2014 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Karin Svensson Smith | 2014–2018 | Green Party |
  | Jens Holm | 2018–2022 | Left Party |
  | Ulrika Heie | 2022– | Centre Party |
  
  ## List of vice-speakers for the committee
  
  | Name | Period | Political party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Rolf Clarkson | 1979–1994 | Moderate Party |
  | Wiggo Komstedt | 1994–1995 | Moderate Party |
  | Per Westerberg | 1995–1998 | Moderate Party |
  | Sven Bergström | 1998–2002 | Centre Party |
  | Carina Moberg | 2002–2006 | Social Democratic Party |
  | Jan-Evert Rådhström | 2006–2014 | Moderate Party |
  | Lars Hjälmered | 2014 | Moderate Party |
  | Jessica Rosencrantz | 2014–2018 | Moderate Party |
  | Anders Åkesson | 2018–2022 | Centre Party |
  | Magnus Jacobsson | 2019–2022 | Christian Democrats | Second vice-Speaker |
  | Teres Lindberg | 2020–2022 | Social Democratic Party | Third vice-Speaker |
  | Thomas Morell | 2022– | Sweden Democrats | |
  