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Ingrid Gärde Widemar (1912–2009) was a Swedish lawyer and politician (
Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberals ( sv, Liberalerna, L), known as the Liberal People's Party ( sv, Folkpartiet liberalerna) until 22 November 2015, is a conservative liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of libera ...
). She was the first female
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in Sweden.


Biography

Gärde was born on 24 March 1912. Her father was
Natanael Gärde Natanael Gärde (27 July 1880 – 28 January 1968) was a Swedish judge who served as the minister of justice between 1930 and 1932. Early life and education Gärde was born in Seglora parish, Älvsborg county, on 27 July 1880. His parents were J ...
, a judge and a politician. She was a lawyer with her own practice since 1945. She was MP for Stockholm in the Lower Chamber 1949–52, Upper Chamber 1954–60, and Lower Chamber 1961–68. She was the first
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of her gender in Sweden 1968–1977. She got married Sven Widemar, a lawyer, in 1938, and they had four children together. She died on 2 January 2009.


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Sources

Tvåkammarriksdagen 1867–1970, band 1 (Almqvist & Wiksell International 1988)


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Widemar, Ingrid Garde 20th-century women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers 20th-century women judges 21st-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish women politicians 1912 births 2009 deaths Members of the Riksdag from the Liberals (Sweden) Women members of the Riksdag Justices of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden Politicians from Stockholm Place of birth missing