Ingegerd_Troedsson

Ingegerd Troedsson

Ingegerd Troedsson

Swedish politician


Ingegerd Troedsson (5 June 1929 – 3 November 2012) was a Swedish Moderate Party politician.[1] She served as the first female Speaker of the Riksdag.[2][3]

She was born in Vaxholm and was elected to the Riksdag in 1974. She had a junior role in the non-socialist government of 1976, as deputy Minister for Social Affairs 1976–78. In 1979 she was elected vice speaker of the Riksdag, a post she held until 1991 when, after the Moderate election victory, she was elected the first female speaker of the Swedish Riksdag.

She was a candidate for party leader in 1986 – after Ulf Adelsohn had resigned – but lost to Carl Bildt. Instead, she was elected deputy chairman – a position she held until 1993.


References

  1. "Ingegerd Troedsson (M)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  2. "Val av talman". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Parliament. Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. Enköping TT (5 November 2012). "Ingegerd Troedsson död | Inrikes | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Svd.se. Retrieved 2012-11-05.

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