Maj-Lis Lööw
Maj-Lis Lööw | |
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Minister of Immigration | |
In office 1989–1991 | |
Prime Minister | Ingvar Carlsson |
Minister of Gender Equality | |
In office 1989–1991 | |
Prime Minister | Ingvar Carlsson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1936 (age 85–86) Eskilstuna |
Nationality | Swedish |
Maj-Lis Lööw (born 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 of the Swedish Parliament and the European Parliament.
Biography[]
Lööw was born in Eskilstuna on 13 August 1936.[1] She was a member of the Social Democratic Party and the chair of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden in the period 1981–1990.[2] She was a member of the Swedish Parliament from the Social Democratic Party in the period 1979–1995.[3] In January 1989 Lööw was appointed minister of immigration, replacing Bo Görannson in the post.[4] In the same period Lööw was also the minister of gender equality. She resigned from the Swedish Parliament in 1995 and served at the European Parliament as part of the Party of European Socialists of which she was vice president from 1995 and 1997.[1] Her term at the European Parliament ended in 1999.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Maj-Lis Lööw. Sverige". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Maj-Lis Lööw: Palme var framsynt". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Maj-Lis Lööw (S)" (in Swedish). Swedish Parliament. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Tomas Hammar (February 1989). "SOPEMI Report. Immigration to Sweden in 1986 and 1987" (Report). Stockholm: Stockholm University. p. 14. ISSN 0283-5851.
External links[]
Media related to Maj-Lis Lööw at Wikimedia Commons
- 20th-century Swedish women politicians
- 21st-century Swedish women
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Members of the Riksdag 1985–1988
- Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats
- Swedish Ministers for Gender Equality
- Women government ministers of Sweden
- Women members of the Riksdag
- People from Eskilstuna
- Members of the Riksdag 1979–1982
- Members of the Riksdag 1982–1985
- Members of the Riksdag 1988–1991
- Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994
- MEPs for Sweden 1995–1999