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Hildur Nygren

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Hildur Nygren
Member of the Riksdag
In office
1941–1952
Personal details
Born(1896-03-22)22 March 1896
Gävle, Sweden
Died24 April 1962(1962-04-24) (aged 66)
Lidingö, Sweden
Political partySwedish 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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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