Anna Johansson-Visborg

Anna Johansson-Visborg (10 November 18767 August 1953) was a Swedish trade union leader, women's rights activist and politician with the Swedish Social Democratic Party. [1]

Anna Johansson-Visborg

Biography

Anna Sofia Johansson-Visborg was born to a farming family at Beateberg parish in Töreboda Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. She was married in 1919 to Sven Gylfe Visborg (1885-1957). She worked as a domestic servant in Gothenburg from 189397 and a brewery worker in Stockholm from 18971904, and an office clerk at an insurance company from 190418.

In 1914, she began her own real estate business and became a cinema owner which resulted in considerable wealth. This led to the foundation of the Anna Johansson-Visborg Foundation (Anna Johansson-Visborgs Stiftelse) with the task of providing full-time or partially-needed housing in Stockholm.

Policial career

In 1901, she was one of the founders of the first Swedish trade union for brewery workers. Johansson-Visborg was chairperson in the Swedish Industrial Brewery Workers Union (Svenska bryggeriarbetareförbundet) from 19041953; chairperson of the Cooperative Women's Association (Kooperativa Kvinnogillesförbundet) from 19071938; chairperson of the Stockholm central worker's unions women's branch from 19111953; member of the Stockholm City Council from 19161950; member of the board of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden from 19201924; member of the board of the Stockholm Municipality from 19291933.[2]

She was also a leading force in the Social Democratic women suffrage movement. While the Social Democratic women did not have their own separate women suffrage organisation, they worked actively alongside the National Association for Women's Suffrage. As a politician and activist, she always worked to abolish every legislation opposite to gender equality.

Anna Johansson-Visborg was described as brusque, energetic and with a great administrative talent: her lack of diplomacy somewhat damaged her politician career, but she was also appreciated for it, and referred to by her followers as "Brewer-Anna" (Bryggar-Anna).[3]

Award

She was awarded the Illis Quorum in 1945.

References

  1. "Anna Johansson-Visborg". Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  2. "Kooperativa Kvinnogillesförbundet". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. "Historien om Bryggar-Anna". Norrländska Socialdemokraten. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

Other Sources

  • Marika Lindgren Åsbrink, Anne-Marie Lindgren (2007) Systrar, kamrater! : arbetarrörelsens kvinnliga pionjärer (StockholmIdé & Tendens) ISBN 9789197675628

Further reading

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