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Swedish member of parliament (1943–2023)

Tanja Linderborg

Key facts

date of birthApril 24, 1943
date of deathJanuary 19, 2023
occupationpolitician
position heldmember of the Swedish Riksdag
member of political partyLeft Party
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Constituency
Västmanland County
Born
Tatjana Elisabet Linderborg24 April 1943Västerås, Sweden
Died
19 January 2023 (aged 79)Västerås, Sweden
Party
Left Party

Tatjana Elisabet "Tanja" Linderborg (24 April 1943–19 January 2023) was a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Left Party from 1994 to 2002. She chaired the Committee on Civil-Law Legislation from 1998 to 2002.

Early life

Linderborg was born on 24 April 1943 in Västerås, Sweden.

Career

Linderborg joined the Left Party in her early teens. She was a member of the municipal assembly of Västerås Municipality for ten years from 1978 to 1988.

In 1994 she was elected to the Riksdag, remaining as a member for two terms until 2002. During her time in the Riksdag she served as a member and later chair of the Committee on Civil-Law Legislation. After leaving the Riksdag she continued as a regional politician as well as an enquirer for the government.

Personal life and death

Linderborg is the mother of writer and columnist Åsa Linderborg.

Linderborg died on 19 January 2023.

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