Karin Ahrland

Karin Margareta Ahrland, née Andersson (20 July 1931 – 30 August 2019) was a Swedish politician, diplomat, lawyer, and activist. She was a member of the parliament of Sweden (Riksdag) from 1976–1989. She served as the Minister of Health and Social Affairs from 22 May 1981 to 8 October 1982. From 1989 she served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first as a Consul General in Montreal, Canada from 1990 to 1993, and then as an Ambassador to Wellington, New Zealand from 1993 to 1995.

Early life
Ahrland was born on 20 July 1931 in Torshälla, Södermanland County, Sweden, the daughter of Valfrid Andersson, and his wife Greta (née Myhlén). She received a Candidate of Law degree from Lund University in 1958.

Career
Ahrland served as a court clerk from 1958 to 1961, and was subsequently employed by Helsingborg City Hall Court (Helsingborgs rådhusrätt) in 1961. From 1961 to 1964, she worked at the County Administrative Board in Malmöhus County, from 1964 to 1968, a rapporteur in the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden, from 1968 to 1971, county assessor in Kopparberg County and Malmöhus County, from 1980 to 1981, a member of the, and the chairman of the Swedish Arts Council. From 1970 to 1976, she was a co-editor of the women's magazine Hertha and the chairman of the Fredrika Bremer Association.

Personal life
In her second marriage she married Nils Ahrland (born 1924), the son of Harald Ahrland and Märtha (née Ljunggren).

Death
Karin Ahrland died on 30 August 2019 in Brösarp, Sweden. She is buried in the Malmö old cemetery.

Awards and decorations

 * Order of the Polar Star