The Social Democratic Women in Sweden ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska kvinnoförbund ), or "S-women" ( ), is the

women's wing A women's wing is an organisation affiliated with a political party that consists of that party's female membership or acts to promote women within a party. The organisations take different roles and types, with some giving women the option of join ...

of 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 ...

. It was established in 1920 by representatives from 120 local Social Democratic women’s clubs from all over

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. At the time of its foundation, there had been local women's clubs of the Party since the foundation of the '' Stockholms allmänna kvinnoklubb'' in 1892, but there was no national women's club. The most important reason for the funding of a national women’s league was to promote and activate women politically, as well as to acquire access to power and provide a political power base for women. Its chairperson is, since October 2021,

Annika Strandhäll Annika Strandhäll (born 30 April 1975) is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. ...

Chairpersons

* Signe Vessman, 1920–1936 * Disa Västberg, 1936–1952 *

Inga Thorsson Inga Thorsson (1915–1994) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat). She was born to Nils Eduard Sjöbäck, the manager of a cinema for Svensk Filmindustri (SF). She worked as an association secretary for the Swedish Social Democratic P ...

, 1952–1964 *

Lisa Mattson Lisa Mattson (1918-1997) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat). She was active in the Social-Demokraten in 1941–1943, Idun 1944, Morgon-Tidningen 1945, and Ny Tid 1948–1963. She was an MP in 1959-1983 and Deputy Chairperson of the C ...

, 1964–1981 *

Maj-Lis Lööw Maj-Lis Lööw (born 13 August 1936) is a former social democrat politician who served as the minister of immigration and minister of gender equality between 1989 and 1991 in the cabinets of Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson. She was also a member ...

, 1981–1990 *

Margareta Winberg Gun Margareta Winberg (born ''Gustafsson'' 13 August 1947) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. Winberg held various ministerial posts in the Third cabinet of Ingvar Carlsson and the Cabinet of Göran Persson from 1994 to 2003, and was Dep ...

, 1990–1995 *

Inger Segelström Inger Agneta Segelström (born 25 February 1952 in Stockholm) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, part of the Socialist Group. She sat on the European Parli ...

, 1995–2003 *

Nalin Pekgul Nalin Pekgul (née Baksi, born 30 April 1967) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician, nurse and former parliamentarian. She was the first Muslim woman to sit in the Swedish Parliament. Life Pekgul was born in Batman, Turkey, but migrated to ...

, 2003–2011 *

Lena Sommestad Lena Sommestad (born 3 April 1957 in Börje, Uppsala Municipality) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and economic historian. She was Minister for the Environment in the Ministry of Sustainable Development in the Cabinet of Göran Persson ...

, 2011–2013 *

Carina Ohlsson Carina Ohlsson (born 14 June 1957), is a Swedish social democratic politician who served as member of the Riksdag from 1998 to 2022. She is set to become Member of the European Parliament following Jytte Gutelands resignation.Annika Strandhäll Annika Strandhäll (born 30 April 1975) is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. ...

, 2021–

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External links

(S-women) website
{{Authority control Swedish Social Democratic Party Women's wings of political parties in Sweden 1920 establishments in Sweden Organizations established in 1920 Organizations based in Stockholm

Chairpersons

See also

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