Tanja Linderborg

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.

Tanja Linderborg
Member of the Riksdag
In office 1994–2002
Constituency	Västmanland County
Personal details
Born	Tatjana Elisabet Linderborg (1943-04-24)24 April 1943 Västerås, Sweden
Died	19 January 2023(2023-01-19) (aged 79) Västerås, Sweden
Political party	Left Party

Personal life

Linderborg was born in Västerås on 24 April 1943.^[1] She is the mother of writer and columnist Åsa Linderborg.^[2]

Linderborg died on 19 January 2023.^[3]

Political career

Linderborg joined the Left Party in her early teens.^[4] She was a member of the municipal assembly of Västerås Municipality for ten years from 1978 to 1988.^[3][2]

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.^[3][2]