Ingegerd Troedsson

Ingegerd Troedsson (born June 5, 1929) is a former Swedish Moderate Party politician.^[1] She served as the first female Speaker of the Riksdag.^[2]

She was born in Vaxholm and was elected to the Riksdag in 1974. She had a junior role in the first non-socialist government of 1976. 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.

Reference

^ "Ingegerd Troedsson (M)" (in Swedish). www.riksdagen.se. The Swedish Parliament. http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0925516323103. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
^ "Val av talman" (in Swedish). www.riksdagen.se. The Swedish Parliament. http://www.riksdagen.se/templates/R_Page____2445.aspx. Retrieved 2010-05-10.

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

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Name	Troedsson, Ingegerd
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Date of birth	1929-06-05
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