The Moderate Women ( ) is the women's wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It was established in 1912, since women had been allowing voting rights in municipal elections in 1910.

History When women were given municipal suffrage in 1910 and the first Moderate woman had been elected in to a municipal council (Valfrid Palmgren), the Moderate Party allowed the foundation for women's group within the party for the first time. The first woman's group was the local Stockholms Moderata Kvinnoförbund ("Moderate Women's League of Stockholm"), which was founded in 1912 by Lizinka Dyrssen, Louise Stenbock and Cecilia Milow under the leadership of Ebba von Eckerman.Petersson, Ann-Marie (2015). Sveriges Moderata Kvinnoförbund - Det första självständiga politiska kvinnoförbundet i Sverige The Stockholms Moderata Kvinnoförbund was transformed in to the Sveriges moderata kvinnoförbund (SMKF) ("Moderate Women's League of Sweden") in 1915.Petersson, Ann-Marie (2015). Sveriges Moderata Kvinnoförbund - Det första självständiga politiska kvinnoförbundet i Sverige

It existed in parallel with the Högerns Centrala Kvinnoråd ("The Central Women's Advisory Committee of the Right"), founded under the leadership of Alexandra Skoglund in 1920.Petersson, Ann-Marie (2015). Sveriges Moderata Kvinnoförbund - Det första självständiga politiska kvinnoförbundet i Sverige Between 1920 and 1937, two separate independent women's wings existed.

In 1937, the two women's wings Sveriges moderata kvinnoförbund (SMKF) and Högerns Centrala Kvinnoråd were both united to form a single women's wing, later known as Moderate Women, under the leadership of Alexandra Skoglund, formerly chairperson of the Högerns Centrala Kvinnoråd.Petersson, Ann-Marie (2015). Sveriges Moderata Kvinnoförbund - Det första självständiga politiska kvinnoförbundet i Sverige

Chairpersons Alexandra Skoglund, 1937–1938 Ebon Andersson, 1938–1958 Karin Wetterström, 1958–1965 Ethel Florén-Winther, 1965–1972 Britt Mogård, 1972–1981 Ann-Cathrine Haglund, 1981–1990 Gullan Lindblad, 1990–1997 Beatrice Ask, 1997–2001 Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, 2001–2005 Magdalena Andersson, 2005–2011 Saila Quicklund, 2011–2015 Annicka Engblom, 2015–2016 Maria Rydén, tf, 2016–2017 Ulrica Schenström, 2017–2019 Josefin Malmqvist, 2019–

References

External links Official website