National Council of Swedish Women

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cydebot (talk | contribs) at 18:55, 18 July 2017 (Robot - Moving category Women's organisations in Sweden to Category:Women's organisations based in Sweden per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2017 June 25.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

National Council of Swedish Women
Swedish: Svenska Kvinnors Nationalförbund
Formation1896
Legal statusActive
PurposeSupport women's rights
Official language
Swedish
AffiliationsInternational Council of Women (ICW)

National Council of Swedish Women (Swedish: "Svenska Kvinnors Nationalförbund") is the Swedish branch of the International Council of Women.

It was founded in 1896 by Ellen Fries to function as an umbrella organisation for women's organisations in Sweden and represent Sweden at the international congresses of the ICW.

Chairperson
  1. 1896-1898: Ellen Anckarsvärd
  2. 1898-1909: Anna Hierta-Retzius
  3. 1909-1920: Eva Upmark
  4. 1920-1927: Bertha Nordenson
  5. 1927-1928: Malin Wester-Hallberg
  6. 1929: Elisif Theel

References