Gerda Höjer (23 July 1893 - 20 June 1974), was a Swedish

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and politician for the Liberal People's Party. Gerda Höjer was a nurse and the president of the Swedish Association of Nurses from 1945 to 1960. She was a member of the second chamber of the Riksdag (1949-1960). She was focused on social issues, particularly health and medical care policy. She was awarded the

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by the

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after

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. She was the President of the

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in 1947.

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* «Det blåser kallt», Omvårdnadsmagasinet, Svensk sjuksköterskeförening. * «Gerda Höjer», Nationalencyklopedin. * Harnesk, Paul (red.): Vem är Vem? Stor-Stockholm 1962, Stockholm: Bokörlaget Vem er vem, 1962, s. 618–19.

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