List of Deputy Speakers of the Riksdag

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

Name		Term	Political Party
	Torsten Bengtsson	1971–1979	Centre Party
	Ingegerd Troedsson	1979–1991	Moderate Party
	Stig Alemyr	1991–1994	Social Democrats
	Anders Björck	1994–2003	Moderate Party
	Per Westerberg	2003–2006	Moderate Party
	Jan Björkman	2006–2010	Social Democrats
	Susanne Eberstein	2010–2014	Social Democrats
	Tobias Billström	2014–2017	Moderate Party
	Ewa Thalén Finné	2017–2018	Moderate Party
	Åsa Lindestam	2018–	Social Democrats

Second deputy speaker

Name		Term	Political Party
	Cecilia Nettelbrandt	1971–1973	People's Party
	Ivar Virgin	1973–1976	Moderate Party
	Tage Magnusson	1976–1979	Moderate Party
	Thorsten Larsson	1979–1982	Centre Party
	Anders Dahlgren	1982–1985	Centre Party
	Karl Erik Eriksson	1985–1988	People's Party
	Christer Eirefelt	1988–1994	People's Party
	Görel Thurdin	1994–1998	Centre Party
	Eva Zetterberg	1998–2002	Left Party
	Kerstin Heinemann	2002–2006	Liberal People's Party
	Birgitta Sellén	2006–2010	Centre Party
	Ulf Holm	2010–2014	Green Party
	Björn Söder	2014–2018	Sweden Democrats
	Lotta Johnsson Fornarve	2018–	Left Party

Third deputy speaker

Name		Term	Political Party
	Ivar Virgin	1971–1973	Moderate Party
	Cecilia Nettelbrandt	1973–1976	People's Party
	Karl Erik Eriksson	1976–1985	People's Party
	Anders Dahlgren	1985–1986	Centre Party
	Bertil Fiskesjö	1986–1994	Centre Party
	Christer Eirefelt	1994–1998	People's Party
	Rose-Marie Frebran	1998–2002	Christian Democrats
	Helena Höij	2002–2006	Christian Democrats
	Liselott Hagberg	2006–2012	Liberal People's Party
	Jan Ertsborn	2012–2014	Liberal People's Party
	Esabelle Dingizian	2014–2018	Green Party
	Kerstin Lundgren	2018–	Centre Party

References

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