Barbro Westerholm | |
|---|---|
 Westerholm in 2021 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 2 October 2006 – 26 September 2022 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| In office 3 October 1988 – 1 October 1999 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Chairman of the Swedish Pensioners' Association | |
| In office 1999–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Gunnel Jonäng |
| Director-General of the National Board of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 1979–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Bror Rexed |
| Succeeded by | Maj-Britt Sandlund |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1933 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 13 March 2023 (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Liberals |
Barbro Westerholm (16 June 1933 – 13 March 2023) was a Swedish politician of the Liberals. She was member of parliament (Riksdag) from 1988 to 1999 and again from 2006 to 2022.[1][2] She was the chair of the Liberal women in 1988–1997.
From the mid-1960s Westerholm was an early pioneer in the field of pharmacovigilance, also working on the early stages of the WHO Drug Dictionary and the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.[3] In 1979 as general director of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, she had homosexuality dropped from the list of mental health diseases.[4][5]
Westerholm was a critic of ageism and advocates for the measurement and publicizing of data on the economic value of volunteer work, and in particular the contributions of older people.[6] In 2009 she was awarded the Nordic Public Health Prize for her work in fighting discrimination against the elderly.[7] She was awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 2003.[8]
Westerholm died on 13 March 2023, at the age of 89.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ageing in Europe: From North to South". Ageing In Europe. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Meet human rights champion Barbro Westerholm". Ageing Equal. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Finney DJ (2003). From thalidomide to pharmacovigilance: a personal account. Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs Annual 2003, in vol. 26.
- ^ Rydström, J. (2011). Odd couples: a history of gay marriage in Scandinavia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Univ. Press. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Humanist events for Europride 2008". Humanists International. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Karlsson, Carl-Johan (7 July 2021). "What Sweden's Covid failure tells us about ageism". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-070621-1. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Barbro Westerholm gaines Nordic Public Health Prize for work to fight discrimination against the elderly | Expertsvar". Nordic School of Public Health NHV (in Swedish). 6 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Barbro Westerholm är död (in Swedish) SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 14 March 2023
- ^ "Före detta riksdagsledamoten Barbro Westerholm död". Dagens Nyheter. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
External links
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- Barbro Westerholm at the Riksdag website
