List of Deputy Speakers of the Riksdag

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The speaker of the Riksdag is assisted by three deputy speakers who are also elected by a vote in the chamber.

Traditionally, the second, third and fourth largest parties gets to name of one of their members for these offices. There is some disagreement whether the largest party or the leader of the largest party bloc should hold the Speakership. Unlike the Speaker (and cabinet ministers), the deputy speakers are not replaced by an alternate and remain members of the Riksdag with voting rights.

List of deputy speakers

This is a list of deputy speakers of the Riksdag, since it became a unicameral body 1971.

First deputy speaker

• Torsten Bengtson (C) (1971-1979)
• Ingegerd Troedsson (M) (1979-1991)
• Stig Alemyr (S) (1991-1994)
• Anders Björck (M) (1994-2002)
• Per Westerberg (M) (2003-2006)
• Jan Björkman (S) (2006-2010)
• Susanne Eberstein (S) (2010-2014)
• Tobias Billström (M) (2014-)

Second deputy speaker

• Cecilia Nettelbrandt (FP) (1971-1973)
• Ivar Virgin (M) (1974-1976)
• Tage Magnusson (M) (1976-1979)
• Thorsten Larsson (C) (1979-1982)
• Anders Dahlgren (C) (1982-1985)
• Karl Erik Eriksson (FP) (1985-1988)
• Christer Eirefelt (FP) (1988-1994)
• Görel Thurdin (C) (1994-1998)
• Eva Zetterberg (V) (1998-2002)
• Kerstin Heinemann (FP) (2002-2006)
• Birgitta Sellén (C) (2006-2010)
• Ulf Holm (MP) (2010-2014)
• Björn Söder (SD) (2014-)

Third deputy speaker

• Ivar Virgin (M) (1971-1973)
• Cecilia Nettelbrandt (FP) (1974-1976)
• Karl Erik Eriksson (FP) (1976-1985)
• Anders Dahlgren (C) (1985-1986)
• Bertil Fiskesjö (C) (1986-1994)
• Christer Eirefelt (FP) (1994-1998)
• Rose-Marie Frebran (KD) (1998-2002)
• Helena Höij (KD) (2002-2006)
• Liselott Hagberg (FP) (2006-2012)
• Jan Ertsborn (FP) (2012-2014)
• Esabelle Dingizian (MP) (2014-)

References

• The Instrument of Government, in English (as of 2012) (PDF), The Riksdag (2012). Retrieved on 2012-11-13.