Elsa Johansson (1888-1981) was a Swedish politician (

Social Democratic Party of Sweden The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( , S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( ), is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Sweden, political p ...

). Johansson was a weaver in the textile industry in Norrköping. She engaged in the worker's union and then in the Social Democratic Party. She was the president of the local women's group of the party in 1934–1936. Johansson was MP of the

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of the

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in 1936–1956. During almost her entire tenure, she was a member of the

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. She eventually became the president of the Second Law Committee in 1956-1957 and as such the first woman in this office.Norrbin, Camilla
Från isolering till integrering: en kollektivbiografisk studie över de kvinnliga riksdagsledamöterna under tvåkammarriksdagens tid 1922-1970
Institutionen för historiska studier, Univ., Diss. Umeå : Univ., 2004,Umeå, 2004 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-251

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