Eva Winther

Life & Legacy

Signe Inger Eva Winther (née Fornander; 3 August 1921 – 26 May 2014) was a Swedish Liberal People's party politician She entered politics in 1966, representing the Liberal People's party on the Kiruna town council. She was then a member of the Norrbotten county council and was elected to the Swedish parliament in the 1976 election. She was the minister for migration and gender equality in the period 1978–1979. After losing her parliamentary seat in the 1982 election, she became a member of the Halland county council, for which she was deputy chair for three years.