Short biography

Jytte Guteland is a Swedish Social Democrat and Member of the European Parliament since 2014. From 2019 to 2022, she was the the S&D coordinator in the ENVI committee where she is now a Member. Jytte is also a substitute in the AFET committee and was a member of the ANIT committee, working to improve animal's rights during transportation.

In 2020-2021, she was the rapporteur and lead European Parliament negotiator for the European Climate Law where the EU set its target of climate neutrality by 2050. She is currently (and was previously) shadow rapporteur for the EU Emissions Trading System revision.

In 2018, Jytte was the rapporteur of the revision on the implementation of the Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides. She has co-hosted European Parliament's pollinator week multiple times and has a strong passion for "barn och bin" - children and bees. She is also the S&D standing rapporteur on endocrine disruptors.

Jytte is an economist by training and used to be the President of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League.