Back كارين كوك-ليندبرج Arabic كارين كوك ليندبرج ARZ Karin Kock German Karin Kock Finnish Karin Kock-Lindberg French Կարին Կոք Armenian Кок, Карин Russian Karin Kock-Lindberg SIMPLE Karin Kock Swedish
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.
- ^ a b "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.