Ingegerd Troedsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ingegerd Troedsson

Swedish politician

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1929

Place of Birth: Vaxholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 03-Nov-2012

Profession: politician

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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