Elsa Johansson

Swedish politician
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Elsa Johansson SPA (cropped)

Elsa Johansson (1888-1981) was a Swedish politician (Social Democratic Party of Sweden).

Johansson was a weaver in the textile industry in Norrköping. She engaged in the worker's union and then in the Social Democratic Party. She was the president of the local women's group of the party in 1934–1936.

Johansson was MP of the Second Chamber of the Parliament of Sweden in 1936–1956.

During almost her entire tenure, she was a member of the Second Law Committee. She eventually became the president of the Second Law Committee in 1956-1957 and as such the first woman in this office.[1]

References

  1. ^ Norrbin, Camilla, Från isolering till integrering: en kollektivbiografisk studie över de kvinnliga riksdagsledamöterna under tvåkammarriksdagens tid 1922-1970, Institutionen för historiska studier, Univ., Diss. Umeå : Univ., 2004,Umeå, 2004 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-251