Karin Kock-Lindberg
Karin Kock-Lindberg | |
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| Minister of Supply | |
| In office 1948–1949 | |
| Preceded by | Gunnar Sträng |
| Succeeded by | John Ericsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1891 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 28 July 1976 (aged 85) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
Karin Kock-Lindberg (née Kock; 2 July 1891 – 28 July 1976) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrats) and professor of economics. In 1947 she became the first woman to hold a ministerial position in Sweden.[1][2] She was also the first female professor of economics in Sweden.[1] Karin Kock was known as Karin Kock-Lindberg after her marriage to lawyer Hugo Lindberg in 1936.
Biography
[edit]Karin Kock was born in Stockholm, and studied at the London School of Economics and Stockholm University.[1] She was a lecturer at Stockholm University in 1933–1938, and was appointed professor of economics in 1945, after already having functioned as such for several years.[1]
She published several works in economics, her speciality being credit and trade cycle problems.[3] Her English language works include her doctoral thesis A Study of Interest Rates (1929) and International Trade and the GATT (1969), as well as The National Income of Sweden 1861-1930 (1937) written in collaboration with two other economists.[3]
Karin Kock was given several official assignments, such as economic adviser at the Women's Workers Association in 1936 and government delegate at the International Workers' Conference in Paris in 1945.[1] She was a member of The Committee for Increased Women's Representation, founded in 1937 to increase women's political representation.[4] She served as minister without portfolio of questions regarding the economy in 1947–1948 and as minister of supply in 1948–1949.[1]
Following the dissolving of the Ministry of Supply in 1950, Karin Kock became director of Statistics Sweden.[1] She was head of the agency from 1950 to 1957.[3] During 1953 and 1954 she was chairman of the Swedish Statistical Society.[3] She became a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1956[5] and a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1958.[3]
As head of Sweden's delegation to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, she acted for some years as chairman of its plenary session in Geneva.[3]
Karin Kock was also chairperson of Akademiskt bildade kvinnors förening (The Association of Female Academicians) from 1926 to 1933 and vice president of International Federation of University Women.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Focus uppslagsbok Stockholm
- Media Familjelexikon 7 Kat-Lat Bonniers, Verona (1981)
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Karin Kock". Kvinnor i arbete (in Swedish). Gothenburg University. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Hanna Bäck; Thomas Persson; Kåre Vernby (2008). "In tranquil waters: Swedish cabinet ministers in the postwar era". In Keith Dowding; Patrick Dumont (eds.). The Selection of Ministers in Europe. Hiring and Firing (1st ed.). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203886908. ISBN 978-0415430814.
- ^ a b c d e f Ohlsson, Ingvar (1977). "Karin Kock, 1891-1976". International Statistical Review / Revue Internationale de Statistique. 45 (1): 109. ISSN 0306-7734.
- ^ Rönnbäck, Josefin, '"Utan kvinnor inget folkstyre": en historisk exposé över kampen för ökad kvinnorepresentation i Sverige', Tidskrift för genusvetenskap., 2010:3, s. 61-89, 2010
- ^ List of ASA Fellows, retrieved 2016-07-16.
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- 20th-century Swedish women politicians
- 20th-century Swedish politicians
- 1891 births
- 1976 deaths
- Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute
- Fellows of the American Statistical Association
- Stockholm University alumni
- Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians
- Swedish women economists
- Women government ministers of Sweden
- Women members of the Riksdag
- First women government ministers