Yvonne Hirdman (born 18 January 1943) is a Swedish historian and

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researcher. She has received many awards for her work including the August Prize.

Early years and education

Yvonne Hirdman is the daughter of the language teacher Einar Hirdman (1916–1999) and Charlotte Hirdman, born Schledt (1906–1966), and granddaughter of Gunnar and Maj Hirdman. She is the mother of Anja Hirdman and sister of

Sven Hirdman Henrik Sven Hirdman (Swedish pronunciation: ẹn:rik sveːn hiːrdmaːn, born 28 September 1939 in Stavanger, Norway, is a Swedish diplomat and ambassador. Biography After military service at the Swedish Army Language School in 1958, Sven Hi ...

. She grew up in

Hökarängen Hökarängen is a district in the Farsta borough of southern Stockholm. It neighbours Fagersjö to the west, Farsta to the south, Sköndal to the east and Gubbängen to the north. As of 2017, the total population of Hökarängen is 9,564 T ...

Malmberget Malmberget ("The Ore Mountain", Finnish and Meänkieli: ''Malmivaara'') is a locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden. It had 5,590 inhabitants in 2010, reduced to 927 by December 2020. It is situate ...

. and

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. She received a bachelor's degree in 1968 and PhD in 1974 at

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

with the thesis of ''Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti 1939–1945'' ("Swedish Communist Party 1939–1945").

Career

She has, among other things, conducted gender-oriented research and is particularly known for having in Sweden launched the concept of "genus".Yvonne Hirdman: ''Genussystemet - reflexioner kring kvinnors sociala underordning'', på Göteborgs universitets webbplats
/ref> Her theories came first to have an impact on the state power investigation, where she was one of the members. She has been a professor of history at the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...

, working at the Institute for Working Life; professor of contemporary history at

Södertörn University Södertörn University ( sv, Södertörns högskola, abbreviated as SH) is a public university college ( sv, högskola) located in Flemingsberg in Huddinge Municipality, and the larger area called Södertörn, in Stockholm County, Sweden. In ...

; and professor of history at Stockholm University, where, as of 2017, she is professor emerita in the history department. The concept of gender became helpful when talking about the "female" or the "male" in a context of cultural and social rather than biological. In 1988, Hirdman published a report at the University of Gothenburg in book form entitled: ''The Genus System: theoretical considerations about women's social subordination, the Power Investigation''. It was in this report that Hirdman wrote about the concept of gender in its importance in the Swedish language and then the concept was launched in the Swedish language. In 2004 she wrote a book by the title: The Genus System - Reflections on Women's Social Subordination. In 2001, Hirdman published her first edition of the book ''Genus'', about the changing forms of stability. A newer edition was published in 2003 with the same title. In 2015, her autobiography was published, ''Medan jag var ung'' ("While I was young").

Selected works

*Sveriges kommunistiska parti 1939–1945. Sverige under andra världskriget. Stockholm: Allmänna förl. 1974. Libris 7257729 *Vi bygger landet: den svenska arbetarrörelsens historia från Per Götrek till Olof Palme. Solna: Pogo press. 1979. Libris 7639436 *Mat som vetenskap, utopi och ideologi. 1980. Libris 3172972 *Magfrågan: mat som mål och medel : Stockholm 1870–1920. Tema nova. Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. 1983. Libris 8349157 *Olof Petersson och Yvonne Hirdman (1985). Två föredrag om maktutredningen: TAMs, TBVs och TCOs tematräff om den politiska makten och folkstyret den 5 December 1985. Uppsala: Maktutredningen. Libris 556019 *Om makt. Uppsala: Maktutredningen. 1986. Libris 556040 *Genussystemet: teoretiska funderingar kring kvinnors sociala underordning. Uppsala: Maktutredningen. 1988. Libris 753181 *Att lägga livet till rätta: studier i svensk folkhemspolitik. Stockholm: Carlsson. 1989. Libris 7665869 *The gender system: theoretical reflections on the social subordination of women. Uppsala: Maktutredningen. 1990. Libris 883049 *Den socialistiska hemmafrun och andra kvinnohistorier. Stockholm: Carlsson. 1992. Libris 8376656 *Utopia in the home: an essay. International journal of political economy ; Vol. 22:2. Armonk, N.Y.: Sharpe. 1992. Libris 12000263 *Folkhemstanken och kvinnorna: historiens andra sida. Samtal om rättvisa, 1103-2146 ; 9. Stockholm: Brevskolan. 1993. Libris 7431356 *Narratives of subordination?. Reprint - Institutet för arbetslivsforskning, 1400-2027:19. Stockholm: Institutet för arbetslivsforskning. 1994. Libris 1975578 *Social engineering and the woman question: Sweden in the thirties. Reprint - Institutet för arbetslivsforskning, 1400-2027:7. Stockholm: Institutet för arbetslivsforskning. 1994. Libris 1956049 *Women - from possibility to problem?: gender conflict in the welfare state - the Swedish model. Research report series / Arbetslivscentrum, 1103-2499:3. Stockholm: Arbetslivscentrum. 1994. Libris 1777349 *Genusanalys av välfärdsstaten: en utmaning av dikotomierna. Reprint - Institutet för arbetslivsforskning, 1400-2027:5. Stockholm: Institutet för arbetslivsforskning. 1994. Libris 1947234 *Påminnelser: om kvinnors liv i Sverige. Stockholm: Carlsson. 1995. Libris 7666498 *Med kluven tunga: LO och genusordningen. Stockholm: Atlas. 1998. Libris 7777514 *Genus: om det stabilas föränderliga former. Malmö: Liber. 2001. Libris 8354469 *Key concepts in feminist theory: analysing gender and welfare. Freia 0907-2179 34. Aalborg: Freia, Feminist Research Centre in Aalborg, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University. 2001. Libris 8954150 *Det tänkande hjärtat: boken om Alva Myrdal. Stockholm: Ordfront. 2006. Libris 10141468 *Gösta och genusordningen: feministiska betraktelser. Stockholm: Ordfront. 2007. Libris 10425277 *Den röda grevinnan: en europeisk historia. Stockholm: Ordfront. 2010. Libris 11744243 *Vad bör göras? : jämställdhet och politik under femtio år. Stockholm: Ordfront. 2014. Libris 15122351 *Medan jag var ung : ego-historia från 1900-talet. Stockholm: Ordfront. 2015. Libris 17048945

Awards

* 2003 – Årets väckarklocka * 2005 – Kellgrenpriset * 2010 – Hertig Karls prize * 2010 – August Prize * 2016 – Moa Award

References

Citations

External links

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