Birgitta Dahl

Birgitta Dahl
Birgitta Dahl in 1990
Speaker of the Riksdag
In office
3 October 1994 – 30 September 2002
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Preceded byIngegerd Troedsson
Succeeded byBjörn von Sydow
Minister for the Environment
In office
12 March 1986 – 4 October 1991
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Preceded byIngvar Carlsson
Succeeded byOlof Johansson
Minister for Energy
In office
8 October 1982 – 27 February 1990
Prime MinisterOlof Palme
Ingvar Carlsson
Preceded byCarl-Axel Petri
Succeeded byRune Molin
Personal details
Born (1937-09-20) 20 September 1937 (age 87)
Härryda, Sweden
Political partySocial Democrat
Alma materUppsala University
AwardsIllis quorum
2003

Rut Birgitta Dahl (born 20 September 1937) is a Swedish former politician of the Social Democratic Party. Dahl was a Member of Parliament from 1969 to 2002. She served as Minister for Energy from 1982 to 1990, as Minister for the Environment from 1986 to 1991, and as Speaker of the Parliament from 1994 to 2002. She was the chairman of the Swedish section of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) between 2005 and 2011.