Inga Thorsson
Inga Thorsson delivers a speech during International Women's Day in March 1958
Ambassador for the United Nations
In office 1966 and 1970–1982
Swedish ambassador to Israel
In office 1964–1966 and 1967–1970
Member of the Second Chamber
In office 1957–1958
Member of Parliament
In office 1971–1977
Personal details
Born	3 July 1915
Died	15 January 1994
Political party	Swedish Social Democratic Party

Inga Thorsson (1915–1994) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrat).^[1]

She was born to Nils Eduard Sjöbäck, the manager of a cinema for Svensk Filmindustri (SF). She worked as an association secretary for the Swedish Social Democratic Party's women's association.

She was an expert of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva in 1950–1952.

She was the chairperson of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden in 1952–1964. She was an MP in 1957–1958. She was the first woman city commissioner for social welfare in Stockholm in 1958–1962.

She was Sweden's Ambassador to Israel in 1964–1966 and 1967–1970, and Ambassador for the United Nations in 1966 and 1970–1982. She was chair of the Swedish disarmament delegation in Geneva in 1974–1982. She was head of the United Nations' section of social development in New York.

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