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Tatjana Elisabet ''"Tanja"'' Linderborg (24 April 1943–19 January 2023) was a Swedish politician and member of the
Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...
for the Left Party from 1994 to 2002. She chaired the Committee on Civil Law from 1998 to 2002.


Personal life

Linderborg was born in
Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...
on 24 April 1943. She is the mother of writer and columnist
Åsa Linderborg Åsa Natacha Linderborg (née Andersson, born 20 May 1968) is a Swedish writer, columnist and historian . She writes regularly for ''Aftonbladet'', where she works as chief cultural editor. Åsa Linderborg was born in the city of Västerås, whe ...
. Linderborg died on 19 January 2023.


Political career

Linderborg joined the Left Party in her early teens. She was a member of the municipal assembly of
Västerås Municipality Västerås Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Västerås. The municipality prefers to use the denomination ''Västerås stad'' (' ...
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. After leaving the Riksdag she continued as a
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politician as well as an enquirer for the government.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linderborg, Tanja 1943 births 2023 deaths People from Västerås Swedish socialists 21st-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish women politicians Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden) Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 1994–1998 Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002