Tatjana Elisabet ''"Tanja"'' Linderborg (24 April 1943–19 January 2023) was a Swedish politician and member of the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...

for the Left Party from 1994 to 2002. She chaired the

Committee on Civil Law Committee on Civil Law ( sv, Lagutskottet) was a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. Its area of responsibility was to bring up questions and policies on the law in Sweden under the period of 1971-2006. Even during the bicameral peri ...

from 1998 to 2002.

Personal life

Linderborg was born in Västerås on 24 April 1943. She is the mother of writer and columnist Åsa Linderborg. Linderborg died on 19 January 2023.

Political career

Linderborg joined the Left Party in her early teens. She was a member of the municipal assembly of Västerås Municipality for ten years from 1978 to 1988. In 1994 she was elected to the Riksdag, remaining as a member for two terms until 2002. During her time in the Riksdag she served as a member and later chair of the Committee on Civil Law. After leaving the Riksdag she continued as a regional politician as well as an enquirer for the government.

References

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