Lillemor Arvidsson

{{Short description|Swedish trade union leader and governor}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lillemor Arvidsson

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| office2 = 34th Governor of Gotland

| primeminister2 = Göran Persson

| term_start2 = 1998

| term_end2 = 2004

| predecessor2 = Thorsten Andersson

| successor2 = Marianne Samuelsson

| office3 = President of the
Swedish Municipal Workers' Union

| term_start3 = 1988

| term_end3 = 1995

| predecessor3 = Sigvard Marjasin

| successor3 = Ylva Thörn

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|5|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Skara, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|4|23|1943|5|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| party = Social Democrats

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| profession = Nurse

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Maj Lillemor Arvidsson (1 May 1943 – 23 April 2012) was a Swedish trade union leader and the Governor of Gotland from 1998 to 2004.[http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14723609.ab Lillemor Arvidsson is dead] Aftonbladet, 23 April 2012.{{cite web|url=http://bohuslaningen.se/nyheter/1.1602444-lillemor-arvidsson-dod|title=Lillemor Arvidsson död|publisher=|accessdate=12 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510012142/http://bohuslaningen.se/nyheter/1.1602444-lillemor-arvidsson-dod|archive-date=10 May 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.helagotland.se/nyheter/minns-henne-som-folklig-7635013.aspx|title=Minns henne som folklig|first=Anna Sofia|last=Hakeberg|date=23 April 2012|publisher=|accessdate=12 July 2017}}

Arvidsson trained as a nurse and later worked as a nursing assistant at Uddevalla Hospital. Arvidsson engaged simultaneously in trade union work. In 1972, she was employed by the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union as an academic ombudsman. In 1982, she became ombudsman and in 1983 she became Deputy President.

In June 1988 she was appointed President of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union. She became the union's first female President. In addition, she became the first female President of any institution in the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO).{{cite web|url=http://www.kommunal.se/Kommunal/Nyheter/2012/Kommunals-fd-ordforande-Lillemor-Arvidsson-har-avlidit/|title=Svenska Kommunalarbetarförbundet 2012-04-23: Kommunals fd ordförande Lillemor Arvidsson har avlidit|accessdate=12 July 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723023015/http://www.kommunal.se/Kommunal/Nyheter/2012/Kommunals-fd-ordforande-Lillemor-Arvidsson-har-avlidit/|archivedate=23 July 2012}} From 1990 to 1991 she was also a member of the executive board of the Swedish Social Democratic Worker's Party.

In 1995, she left her post as President of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union because of peptic ulcer. She sat on the board of the University of Växjö and was a member of the analysis group of the Estonia disaster.

Arvidsson was appointed Governor of Gotland on 15 January 1998 by the Swedish Government. During her time as governor, she was particularly involved in the issue of transport from the island to the mainland. She left her position as governor on 29 February 2004.

Arvidsson was appointed Chairman of the Swedish National Maritime Museums in 2003 but left office in late 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/kulturchef-i-nytt-blasvader_1447081.svd|title=Kulturchef i nytt blåsväder|first=Tobias Brandel |last=tobias.brandel@svd.se|publisher=|accessdate=12 July 2017}}

She died on 23 April 2012 after a short illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14723609.ab|title=Lillemor Arvidsson är död|publisher=|accessdate=12 July 2017}}