Tanja Linderborg

Tatjana Elisabet "Tanja" Linderborg was a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Left Party from 1994 to 2002. She chaired the Committee on Civil-Law Legislation from 1998 to 2002.

Early life

Linderborg was born on 24 April 1943 in Västerås, Sweden.

Career

Linderborg joined the Left Party in her early teens. She was a member of the municipal assembly of Västerås Municipality for ten years from 1978 to 1988.
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 Legislation. After leaving the Riksdag she continued as a regional politician as well as an enquirer for the government.

Personal life and death

Linderborg is the mother of writer and columnist Åsa Linderborg.
Linderborg died on 19 January 2023.