Anitha Bondestam

Anitha Bondestam
Anitha Bondestam
	Anitha Bondestam in 2016
Minister of Communications (Transport)
	In office; 1978–1979
Prime Minister	Ola Ullsten
Personal details
Born	1941 (age 82–83); Danzig, Germany
Political party	Liberal People's party
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Occupation	Jurist

Anitha Bondestam (born 1941) is a German-born Swedish jurist who served as the minister of communications (Transport) in the Ullsten Cabinet in the period 1978–1979. She also held several official positions.

Biography[edit]

Bondestam was born in Danzig, Germany in 1941.^[1]^[2] However, in a study by Hanna Bäck et. al. (2008) it is stated that she was born in Poland.^[3]

She received a bachelor's degree in law from Uppsala University.^[2]

Bondestam started her career as a jurist at the district courts in 1964 and worked at different courts until 1974.^[2] She was a legal advisor for the ministry of commerce from 1972 to 1973 and for the ministry of justice between 1974 and 1977.^[2] She was head of operations at the ministry of communications in 1977.^[4] She served as the minister of communications (Transport) from 1978 to 1979.^[4] She was chairman of the gender equality board for two terms.^[4]

After leaving politics Bondestam served as the justice administrator of the court of appeal in Gothenburg between 1980 and 1992.^[2] Then she held other positions at the legal system.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "79 (Vem är hon)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 5 December 1988. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Elizabeth Sleeman, ed. (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (3rd ed.). London: Europa Publications. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
^ Hanna Bäck; Thomas Persson; Kåre Vernby; Helena Wockelberg (2008). "In Tranquil Waters? Swedish Cabinet Ministers in the Post-War Era". In Keith Dowding; Patrick Dumont (eds.). The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing. London; New York: Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-134-08537-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lena Svenaeus (2017). Konsten att upprätthålla löneskillnader mellan kvinnor och män (PhD thesis) (in Swedish). Lund University. ISBN 978-91-7753-151-7.

External links[edit]

Media related to Anitha Bondestam at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "79 (Vem är hon)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 5 December 1988. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[slee-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Elizabeth Sleeman, ed. (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (3rd ed.). London: Europa Publications. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.

[3] Hanna Bäck; Thomas Persson; Kåre Vernby; Helena Wockelberg (2008). "In Tranquil Waters? Swedish Cabinet Ministers in the Post-War Era". In Keith Dowding; Patrick Dumont (eds.). The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing. London; New York: Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-134-08537-8.

[lena-4] Lena Svenaeus (2017). Konsten att upprätthålla löneskillnader mellan kvinnor och män (PhD thesis) (in Swedish). Lund University. ISBN 978-91-7753-151-7.

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