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Blenda Ljungberg
''Blenda'' Maria Ljungberg (7 December 1907 – 27 November 1994), was a Swedish politician (Moderate Party). Ljungberg was born in Enköping. She was a teacher. She was a member of the Uppsala City Council in 1943, and also the first female chairperson of a Swedish city council from 1959 to 1963. She was a member of the Riksdag's Första kammaren, ''Första kammare'' (Upper Chamber) from 1962 to 1964, the ''Andra kammaren, Andra kammare'' (Lower Chamber) from 1965 to 1970, and the new unicameral Riksdag from 1971 to 1973 for Uppsala. She died in Uppsala in 1994. References *''Tidens kalender 1971'', almanack och uppslagsbok. Stockholm: Tidens förlag, 1970, sid. 232. * https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040030/http://www.nebeta.se/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/blenda-ljungberg * https://web.archive.org/web/20111118033300/http://www.moderatakvinnorshistoria.se/Media/MKH_1a_arsmote.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljungberg, Blenda 1907 births 1994 deaths Members of the Första kammaren Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blenda Ljungberg SPA (cropped)
Blenda is the heroine of a Swedish legend () from Småland. Blenda led the rural women of Värend in an Stratagem (deception), attack on a pillaging Denmark, Danish army and annihilated the invaders. Legend According to the legend, the events took place in the time of Alle (Old English language, Anglo-Saxon ), King of the Geats, when this king led the Geats in an attack against Norway. King Alle had marshalled not only the West Geats, but also the South Geats (or Riding Geats) of Småland, and so many men had left for Norway that the region was virtually defenseless. When the Danes learned of Småland's precarious situation, they took advantage of it and attacked the defenseless small lands. Blenda was a woman of noble descent in the Konga Hundred and she decided to send the Bidding stick#Scandinavia, fiery cross to rally all the womenfolk in the hundred (division), hundreds of Konga Hundred, Konga, Allbo Hundred, Albo, Kinnevald Hundred, Kinnevald, Norrvidinge Hundred, Norrvid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
