Nancy Eriksson Explained

Nancy Eriksson
Birth Name:Nancy Margareta Eriksson
Birth Date:11 April 1907
Birth Place:Gladsaxe, Denmark
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Politician
Relatives:Birgitta Bergmark (daughter)

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.

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 the newspaper Skånska Dagbladet.[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 member of 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]

She was awarded the Illis quorum in 1978.[11]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nancy Eriksson . Sfi.se . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140412123217/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=239863&iv=BIOGRAPHY . 12 April 2014 . live.
  2. Web site: 253 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1969) . Runeberg.org . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011145/http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0269.html . 28 March 2014 . live.
  3. Web site: Protokoll 1971:1 Riksdagens protokoll 1971:1 . riksdagen.se . 8 January 1971 . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327235216/http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Kammaren/Protokoll/Riksdagens-protokoll-19711_FU091/ . 27 March 2014 . live.
  4. Web site: Vi ses. Hälsningar . Ribe.biz . 28 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011647/http://ribe.biz/nationalmordet.nu/0323.html . 28 March 2014.
  5. Web site: En blåslampa i baken på politikerna – PRO . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234644/http://old.pro.se/tidningen/2007/Nr-1-2007/Artiklar/En-blaslampa-i-baken-pa-politikerna/ . dead . 27 March 2014 . Old.pro.se . 25 June 2008 . 28 March 2014.
  6. Web site: Historik . www.socialdemokraterna.se . 19 November 2009 . 28 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231211/http://www.socialdemokraterna.se/Webben-for-alla/S-kvinnor/S-kvinnor/Var-politik/Internationellt/Internationella-projekt/Historik/ . 1 February 2014.
  7. News: Fria sprutor och kanyler . Diabetes.se . 28 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234508/http://www.diabetes.se/sv/Tidningen-Diabetes/Tidningsarkiv/2009/Tidningen-Diabetes-nr52009/Fria-sprutor-och-kanyler/ . 27 March 2014.
  8. Web site: Resande med barnvagn befriades från bussavgiften 1981 . https://archive.today/20140410141252/http://www.direktpress.se/tidningenliljeholmenalvsjo/Arkiv/Artiklar/2014/03/Resande-med-barnvag-befriades-fran-bussavgiften-1981/. dead. 10 April 2014. Direktpress.se . 10 April 2014.
  9. Web site: Micael Rombin . Nancy – Nancy Eriksson minns (1985) . jerryolsson.com . 2009-02-28 . 2014-03-28 . 16 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210216112926/https://jerryolsson.se/2009/02/28/nancy-nancy-eriksson-minns-1985/ . live .
  10. Web site: Här är ditt liv på SVT 1 - Måndag 24/3 . Tvrutan.se . 2014-03-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328010848/http://www.tvrutan.se/program/7137137131393599664.html . 28 March 2014.
  11. Web site: January 2006 . Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152834/https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn . 2021-11-02 . 2022-05-18 . Regeringskansliet . sv.