Nancy Eriksson

Nancy Margareta Eriksson (11 April 1907 – 12 May 1984) was a Swedish politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party[1] and a member of the Swedish Riksdag. She also made a notable appearance in the SVT television series Här är ditt liv in 1981.

Nancy Eriksson
Nancy Eriksson in 1964
Born
Nancy Margareta Eriksson

(1907-04-11)11 April 1907
Gladsaxe, Denmark
Died12 May 1984(1984-05-12) (aged 77)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationPolitician
RelativesBirgitta Bergmark (daughter)

Early life

Eriksson was born on 11 April 1907 in Gladsaxe, Denmark. She was adopted by a Swedish family after her birth mother put her up for adoption by placing an advert in Skånska Dagbladet newspaper.[2]

Career

Eriksson graduated in 1927 and in 1932, she started working as a nurse.[3] Eriksson was elected to the Riksdag, the Swedish national legislative assembly, in 1948 and became a ledamot in the second chamber from 1949.[3] She remained a member of parliament between 1949 and 1970.[3]

Eriksson was very active in the Swedish Social Democratic campaign against the Swedish nuclear weapons programme,[4] and at the forefront in proposing a motion against atomic weapons.[5] The motion was accepted at the congress of democratic parties held in November 1956.[6] As a leader of the Diabetic Society for twenty years (1956–1978), she wrote motions so that diabetics could get jobs with the state, despite earlier restrictions.[7] During her time in the Riksdag she was successful in 1981 in legislating free bus travel for passengers travelling with baby carriages.[8]

Eriksson had a noted appearance on the television show Här är ditt liv (a Swedish version of This Is Your Life) broadcast on 31 January 1981 on SVT. She was that week's celebrity guest, "kidnapped" at the hands of Lasse Holmqvist.[9][10]

Bibliography
  • Bara en hemmafru debattskrift 1964
  • Nancy – Nancy Eriksson minns, 1985, ISBN 91-0-046715-4

References
  1. "Nancy Eriksson". Sfi.se. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. "253 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1969)". Runeberg.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. "Protokoll 1971:1 Riksdagens protokoll 1971:1". riksdagen.se. 8 January 1971. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. "Vi ses. Hälsningar". Ribe.biz. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. "En blåslampa i baken på politikerna – PRO". Old.pro.se. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  6. "Historik". www.socialdemokraterna.se. 19 November 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. "Fria sprutor och kanyler". Diabetes.se. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  8. "Resande med barnvagn befriades från bussavgiften 1981". Direktpress.se. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  9. Micael Rombin (28 February 2009). "Nancy – Nancy Eriksson minns (1985)". jerryolsson.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  10. "Här är ditt liv på SVT 1 - Måndag 24/3". Tvrutan.se. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

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