Pia Hallström (23 September 1961 – 11 October 2016) was a Swedish politician. A member of the

Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( , , M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative* * * * * List of political parties in Sweden, political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free ma ...

, she was first elected to the

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in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She died of breast cancer in 2016 at the age of 55.

Biography

Hallström was born and raised in

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...

. She taught chemistry and biology at high school before entering parliament. She was most active campaigning on issues such as human trafficking, domestic violence, childhood bullying and protecting children from distress. Hallström served on the Swedish parliament's committee on justice (from 2010 to 2016) and the committee on labour (from 2010 to 2012). She was also one of Sweden's representatives on the

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from 2014 to 2016.

References

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