Hildur Nygren
Hildur Nygren | |
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| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 1941–1952 | |
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| Born | 22 March 1896 Gävle, Sweden |
| Died | 24 April 1962 (aged 66) Lidingö, Sweden |
| Political party | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Hildur Nygren (22 March 1896–24 April 1962) was a Swedish teacher and politician with the Social Democrats. She was elected as a member of the executive committee of the Gävle city council.[1] She sat in the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) from 1941 to 1952 and was the second female cabinet minister and the first female minister of education and ecclesiastical affairs in Sweden.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jan Gröndahl (2003). "Curbing Women's Suffrage: Expectations, Apprehensions and Strategies". In Karin Sporre; H Russel Botman (eds.). Building a Human Rights Culture: South African and Swedish Perspectives (PDF). Falun: Högskolan Dalarna. p. 77. ISBN 978-91-88679-19-2 – via Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet.
- ^ "Hildur Kristina Nygren". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- Dick Harrison (9 June 2016). "Vem var vår andra kvinnliga minister?" [Who was our second female minister?]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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