Karin Söder

Karin Söder
Karin Söder
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 8 October 1976 – 18 October 1978
Prime Minister	Thorbjörn Fälldin
Preceded by	Sven Andersson
Succeeded by	Hans Blix
Minister for Health and Social Affairs
	In office; 12 October 1979 – 8 October 1982
Prime Minister	Thorbjörn Fälldin
Preceded by	Gabriel Romanus
Succeeded by	Sten Andersson
Personal details
Born	Karin Ann-Marie Söder; 30 November 1928; Kil, Sweden
Died	19 December 2015 (aged 87); Täby, Sweden
Political party	Centre Party
Occupation	Teacher

Karin Ann-Marie Söder (née Bergenfur; 30 November 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a Swedish

foreign ministers

in the world.

Biography

Söder was born in

Stockholm County Council from 1969 to 1973. She died in Täby in 2015.^[2]

Political career

Ascendancy

In 1971, Söder was elected a Member of the Swedish

liberal Hans Blix. In 1979 the Centre Party rejoined the coalition, and Söder returned to the Cabinet as Minister of Health and Social Affairs in 1979. The same year she was promoted to the post as the party's first vice leader. She held her ministerial post until the centre-right coalition lost the 1982 elections to the Social Democrats

.

Leader of the Centre Party

In 1985, when Thorbjörn Fälldin stepped down after an unsuccessful election, she finally reached the highest position in her party, making the Centre Party the first major Swedish party to be headed by a woman. Her time at the top would however be short. For health reasons, she left the party leadership in 1987, succeeded by Olof Johansson.

Other positions

During her years in politics, she also held posts as chairperson of

referendum

, opposing the official party line.

Despite her varied accomplishments, the political legacy Söder is most known for among Swedes may be the 1980 reform that shut the stores of Systembolaget, the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly, on Saturdays. The policy remained in place for many years, but was abolished in 2001.

Awards

Söder was awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 1991.^[3]

References

^ "Karin Söder". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
^ "Tidigare C-ledaren Karin Söder död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Thorbjörn Fälldin	Chairman of the Centre Party of Sweden 1985–1987	Succeeded by Olof Johansson
Political offices
Preceded by Sven Andersson	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1976–1978	Succeeded by Hans Blix
Preceded by Gabriel Romanus	Minister for Health and Social Affairs 1979–1982	Succeeded by Sten Andersson

[ne.se-1] "Karin Söder". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.

[dn1-2] "Tidigare C-ledaren Karin Söder död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

[3] "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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