Tanja Linderborg
{{Short description|Swedish member of parliament (1943–2023)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tanja Linderborg
| office = Member of the Riksdag
| term_start = 1994
| term_end = 2002
| constituency = Västmanland County
| birth_name = Tatjana Elisabet Linderborg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|4|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Västerås, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|1|19|1943|4|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Västerås, Sweden
| party = Left Party
}}
Tatjana Elisabet "Tanja" Linderborg (24 April 1943–19 January 2023) was a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Left Party from 1994 to 2002. She chaired the Committee on Civil Law from 1998 to 2002.
Personal life
Linderborg was born in Västerås on 24 April 1943.{{Citation |title=Sveriges befolkning 2000, Version 1.03 |work=Linderborg, Tatjana Elisabet |publisher=Sveriges Släktforskarförbund}} She is the mother of writer and columnist Åsa Linderborg.{{Cite news |last=Olsson |first=Miranda |date=2023-01-23 |title=Tidigare V-ledamoten Tanja Linderborg har avlidit |url=https://www.altinget.se/nyttomnamn/tidigare-v-ledamoten-tanja-linderborg-har-avlidit |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=Altinget}}
Political career
Linderborg joined the Left Party in her early teens.{{Cite news |last=Lithammer |first=Per |date=2023-01-27 |title=Till minne – Tanja Linderborg |url=https://www.vlt.se/2023-01-27/till-minne--tanja-linderborg |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=Vestmanlands Läns Tidning |language=sv}} She was a member of the municipal assembly of Västerås Municipality for ten years from 1978 to 1988.{{Cite news |last=Adolfsson Greijer |first=Elisabeth |date=2023-01-20 |title=Vänsterpolitikern Tanja Linderborg har avlidit |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/vansterpolitikern-tanja-linderborg-har-avlidit |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=Sveriges Radio P4 Västmanland |language=sv}}
In 1994 she was elected to the Riksdag, remaining as a member for two terms until 2002. During her time in the Riksdag she served as a member and later chair of the Committee on Civil Law. After leaving the Riksdag she continued as a regional politician as well as an enquirer for the government.
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Category:21st-century Swedish women politicians
Category:20th-century Swedish women politicians
Category:Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden)
Category:Women members of the Riksdag