Ingela Anita Thalén (born 1 October 1943) is a Swedish

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

for the

Swedish Social Democratic Party 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-d ...

and a former minister. She was a member of the Swedish government 1987–1991 and 1994–2002. Thalén is the daughter of laundry worker Erland Ericsson and tailor Sara Ström. She was a member of the

city council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

and chairman (mayor) of the municipality board of

Järfälla municipality Järfälla Municipality ( sv, Järfälla kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg, part of the Stockholm urban area. Järfälla has not been a ...

between 1983 and 1987. After that, she was appointed by Prime Minister

Ingvar Carlsson Gösta Ingvar Carlsson (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Sweden, first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1986 to 1996. He i ...

as new

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, a ministerial post she had between 1987 and 1990. She was appointed as

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

between 1990 and 1991 and also between 1994 and 1996. Thalén continued as a

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in Sweden between 1988 and 2004. She was a chairman of the parliament's labour committee between 1992 and 1994, a member of the social committee between 1991 and 1992 and of the housing committee between 1992 and 1994. Thalén was party secretary for the Social Democratic party between 1996 and 1999 and after that Minister for Social Security between 1999 and 2002. Since 2013, she is a municipality auditor in

Värmdö municipality Värmdö Municipality (''Värmdö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at an elevation of . The municipality is na ...

. Thalén left her political work with her last post as the chairman of the Swedish Barnens rätt i samhället (BRIS) from 2005 until 2009. She is also a member of the Svenska Folkdansringen. In October 2013, she received a silver-mark for her work at the dance organisation.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thalen, Ingela 1943 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Swedish Ministers for Employment Swedish Ministers for Health Swedish Ministers for Social Security Women government ministers of Sweden Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 21st-century Swedish women politicians Women members of the Riksdag