Karin Collin

Karin Collin, Gunnar Hedlund, Sam B. Norup and Thorsten Larsson in Katrineholm in 1952.

Karin Collin (1896-1966) was a Swedish politician (Centre Party) and writer. [1][2][3]

She was the Chair of the Center women in 1939–1965.[4][5]

She participated in a number of governmental investigations and commissions, often related to agriculture and health care. She had several political assignments state committees, on county- and on city level, although she did not manage to gather enough votes to get in to the national Parliament.[2]

As a political, she focused on the rights of women in the countryside and worked to improve their circumstances, such as introducing a vacation for farmer women, issues she often lifted as a writer and contributor in her chronicle in the Jordbrukarnas Föreningsblad (Farmer's Association's Magazine) under the signature Unus.[2]

  1. ^ Sveriges Dödbok SDB 1860–2016, USB, Version 7.10, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2016).
  2. ^ a b c "Den enda vid matbordet – Hälsinglands Museum" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  3. ^ "LIBRIS - sökning: AMNE:(Collin Karin 1896 1966)". libris.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  4. ^ "Centerkvinnornas förbundsordföranden". www.centerkvinnorna.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  5. ^ "Stiftelsen Jamtli · JLM Hlg15928 1 - Offentlig verksamhet". Stiftelsen Jamtli (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-03-07.