Ingegerd Troedsson

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. "Ingegerd Troedsson död | Inrikes | SvD" (in Swedish). Svd.se. Retrieved 2012-11-05.

Preceded by Thage G. Peterson	Speaker of the Riksdag 1991–1994	Succeeded by Birgitta Dahl