Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg

Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg (18 June 1911 – 21 May 2010) was a Swedish journalist and politician. She was a prominent activist for freedom of speech, peace, human rights and the care of refugees.[1]

Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg
Member of the Riksdag
for City of Gothenburg
In office
1958–1970
Personal details
Born(1911-06-18)18 June 1911
Lund, Sweden
Died21 May 2010(2010-05-21) (aged 98)
Gothenburg, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Political partyPeople's Party

Biography

Segerstedt Wiberg was born in Lund, Sweden as the second child of Norgwegian born Augusta Wilhelmina Synnestvedt (1874-1934) and Swedish journalist Torgny Segerstedt (1876–1945). Her brother Torgny T. Segerstedt (1908–1999) served as was Vice-Chancellor of the Uppsala University between 1955 and 1978. [2] [3]

When Segerstedt Wiberg was one year old, the family moved to Stockholm and later on to Gothenburg in 1917, when her father became editor in chief for the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning.[4]

Between 1958 and 1970 Segerstedt Wiberg was a member of the Riksdagen representing the Liberal People's Party. She served as chairman of the Swedish section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1975 to 1981 [5]

References
  1. Robach, Karin (22 May 2010). "Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg" (in Swedish).
  2. "Torgny T. Segerstedt". Uppsala University. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "Torgny Segerstedt, 1876–1945". NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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