Speaker of the Riksdag

Speaker of the Riksdag Riksdagens talman
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Incumbent Andreas Norlén since 24 September 2018
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; 407 years ago (1617)
Deputy	See List of Deputy Speakers
Salary	2,112,000 kr annually[1]
Website	www.riksdagen.se

The speaker of the Riksdag is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.

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)

Portrait		Speaker (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Election	Constituency
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		Allard, HenryHenry Allard (1911–1996)	15 January 1971 (1971-01-15)	1 October 1979 (1979-10-01)	8 years, 259 days	Social Democrats	1970 1973 1976	Örebro County
		Bengtsson, IngemundIngemund Bengtsson (1919–2000)	1 October 1979 (1979-10-01)	3 October 1988 (1988-10-03)	9 years, 2 days	Social Democrats	1979 1982 1985	Halland County
		Peterson, Thage G.Thage G. Peterson (born 1933)	3 October 1988 (1988-10-03)	30 September 1991 (1991-09-30)	2 years, 362 days	Social Democrats	1988	Stockholm County
		Troedsson, IngegerdIngegerd Troedsson (1929–2012)	30 September 1991 (1991-09-30)	3 October 1994 (1994-10-03)	3 years, 3 days	Moderate	1991	Uppsala County
		Dahl, BirgittaBirgitta Dahl (1937–2024)	3 October 1994 (1994-10-03)	30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)	7 years, 362 days	Social Democrats	1994 1998	Uppsala County
		Sydow von, BjörnBjörn von Sydow (born 1945)	30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)	2 October 2006 (2006-10-02)	4 years, 2 days	Social Democrats	2002	Stockholm County
		Westerberg, PerPer Westerberg (born 1951)	2 October 2006 (2006-10-02)	29 September 2014 (2014-09-29)	7 years, 362 days	Moderate	2006 2010	Södermanland County
		Ahlin, UrbanUrban Ahlin (born 1964)	29 September 2014 (2014-09-29)	24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	3 years, 360 days	Social Democrats	2014	Västra Götaland County
		Norlén, AndreasAndreas Norlén (born 1973)	24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	Incumbent	6 years, 70 days	Moderate	2018 2022	Östergötland County

References

1. "Frågor & svar samt statistik över ledamöternas arvoden" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
2. "Andreas Norlén Elected Speaker of the Riksdag". Publicnow. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.