Ingegerd Troedsson (5 June 1929 – 3 November 2012) was a Swedish Moderate Party politician. She served as the first female Speaker of the Riksdag.

She was born in Vaxholm and was elected to the Riksdag in 1974. She had a junior role in the non-socialist government of 1976, as deputy Minister for Social Affairs 1976–78. In 1979 she was elected vice speaker of the Riksdag, a post she held until 1991 when, after the Moderate election victory, she was elected the first female speaker of the Swedish Riksdag.

Ingegerd Troedsson

She was a candidate for party leader in 1986 – after Ulf Adelsohn had resigned – but lost to Carl Bildt. Instead, she was elected deputy chairman – a position she held until 1993.

Ingegerd Troedsson

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1929 births

2012 deaths

Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party

Speakers of the Riksdag

Swedish Ministers for Social Affairs

Women members of the Riksdag

Women government ministers of Sweden

Women legislative speakers

Members of the Riksdag 1974–1976

Members of the Riksdag 1976–1979

Members of the Riksdag 1979–1982

Members of the Riksdag 1982–1985

Members of the Riksdag 1985–1988

Members of the Riksdag 1988–1991

Members of the Riksdag 1991–1994

20th-century Swedish women politicians

Ingegerd Troedsson