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Olivia Nordgren
Olivia Lovisa Nordgren née Larsdotter (27 February 1880 – 7 June 1969) was a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats (Sweden), Social Democrats. She is known as one of the key figures of the Social Democratic struggle against poverty in Sweden in the 1930s. Life Olivia Nordgren was born in Gislöv in Skåne to the farmer Lars Jönsson and Ingrid Olsdotter Hallberg. Between 1894 and 1911 she worked at the newspaper ''Trelleborgs Allehanda'' in Trelleborg, first as an apprentice typographer and then as a typographer. In 1908, she married Seth Nordgren, editor of the Social Democratic local newspaper ''Arbetet''. She had four children. Political career Nordgren became a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1909. She was a Board Member of the Typographer's Trade Union in Trelleborg 1908–1922, Chairman of the Trelleborg Social Democratic Women's Club, Member of the Party Board of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1924–1952, Member of the City Council of Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democrats (Sweden)
The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-democratic political party in Sweden. Founded in 1889, the SAP is the country's oldest and currently largest party. From the mid-1930s to the 1980s, the Social Democratic Party won more than 40% of the vote. From 1932 to 1976, the SAP was continuously in government. Most recently, the party was heading the government from 2014 to 2022. It participates in elections as "The Workers' Party – The Social Democrats" ( sv, link=no, Arbetarepartiet – Socialdemokraterna ). History Founded in 1889 as a member of the Second International, a split occurred in 1917 when the left socialists split from the Social Democrats to form the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (later the Communist Party of Sweden and now the Left Party). The symbol of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
