Maj-Inger Klingvall
Maj-Inger Klingvall | |
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Minister of Health and Social Affairs | |
In office 29 October 1998 – 16 November 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Anders Sundström |
Succeeded by | Lars Engqvist |
Minister for International Development Cooperation | |
In office 14 September 1999 – 16 November 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Pierre Schori |
Succeeded by | Jan O. Karlsson |
Minister for Migration | |
In office 14 September 1999 – 16 November 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Pierre Schori |
Succeeded by | Jan O. Karlsson |
Personal details | |
Born | Nyköping, Sweden | 15 May 1946
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 15 May 1946) is a Swedish
Biography
Klingvall was born in Nyköping to Sven Ohlsson and Elsa Karlsson, and married Rolf Klingvall in 1967.[1]
Klingvall became a bachelor of arts at Stockholm University in 1970 and a master's of social science degree at Linköping University in 1972.
She worked as a secretary at Östergötland County Council 1973–1975 and then at
Klingvall was Minister of State in the
Klingvall was a board member of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden from 1975 and sat on the union's executive committee 1984–1995.[2] She was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party board from 1990 and sat on the executive committee from 1996 to 2001.
She chose to leave the government in November 2001 after the Social Democratic Party Congress did not give her renewed confidence in the party's executive committee.[4][2]
In 2010, Klingvall together with Gabriele Winai Ström published a book about female Swedish diplomats entitled Från Myrdal till Lindh: svenska diplomatprofiler.[4]
Maj-Inger Klingvall was married to Rolf Klingvall, from 1967, but they later divorced.[2][4]
References
- ^ "Klingvall, Maj-Inger". Vem är hon (in Swedish). 1988. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "610 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1997)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Maj-Inger Klingvall (S)". riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ a b c Nu satsar Maj-Inger på att ha kul, Norrköpings Tidningar, 2011-05-16