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Ingrid Gärde Widemar (1912–2009) was a Swedish
lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...
and politician (
Liberal People's Party (Sweden) The Liberals (, L), formerly known as the Liberal People's Party () until 22 November 2015, is a conservative-liberal political party in Sweden. The Liberals ideologically have shown a broad variety of liberal tendencies. Currently they are s ...
). She was the first female Supreme Court Justice in Sweden.


Biography

Gärde was born on 24 March 1912. Her father was Natanael Gärde, 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 Supreme Court Justice 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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*Tvåkammarriksdagen 1867–1970, band 1 (Almqvist & Wiksell International 1988)


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Widemar, Ingrid Garde 20th-century Swedish 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 First women judges