''Blenda'' Maria Ljungberg (7 December 1907 – 27 November 1994), was a Swedish politician (

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). Ljungberg was born in

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. 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

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's ''Första kammare'' (Upper Chamber) from 1962 to 1964, the '' Andra kammare'' (Lower Chamber) from 1965 to 1970, and the new unicameral

from 1971 to 1973 for Uppsala. She died in

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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 of the Andra kammaren Women members of the Riksdag People from Uppsala Municipality People from Enköping Municipality 20th-century Swedish politicians 20th-century Swedish women politicians