Agda Östlund was a Swedish seamstress and Politician of the Social Democrats. She belonged to the first women to have been elected to the Swedish parliament.

Agda Östlund was born in a working class home in Köping

Köping

This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see Köping, Sweden. For the municipality, see Köping Municipality....

. She supported herself as a seamstress in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, where she eventually founded her own studio with several employees. Östlund was active in the Stockholms allmänna kvinnoklubb (The Stockholm Public Women's Society) from 1903, where she became chairman. She was also active within Social Democratic Women in Sweden, where she served as chairman in in its executive committee in 1911-1917. In 1921, she became one of the five first women to be elected to the Swedish Parliament after women suffrage alongside Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Bertha Wellin

Bertha Wellin

Bertha Wellin , was a Swedish Politician and nurse. She belonged to the first women to have been elected in to the Swedish parliament....

 (Conservative) and Elisabeth Tamm

Elisabeth Tamm

Elisabeth Tamm known in the parliament as Tamm i Fogelstad was a Swedish Politician and feminist....

 (liberal) in the Lower chamber, and Kerstin Hesselgren

Kerstin Hesselgren

Kerstin Hesselgren was a Swedish politician.Kerstin Hesselgren became the first woman to be elected in to the Swedish parliament after the female suffrage in 1921. She was elected by suggestion of the Liberals with support from the Social democrats.- Biography :Hesselgren was born at Torsåker,...

in the Upper chamber. Östlund remained in the Parliament until 1940.

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