Elisabeth Tamm 
Kerstik Hesselgren 
Two Riksdag Women 
In the recent elections in Sweden, where women for the first time 
were eligible to the Riksdag, no less than five were elected, two by the 
Liberals, two by the Socialists, and one by the Conservatives. It so 
happened that the two who were first elected were Liberals. Both are 
among the most distinguished in a country which possesses a remark¬ 
able number of capable and public spirited women. 
Miss Iverstin Hesselgren, who was elected to the first chamber 
from Goteborg, will be remembered here for her participation in the 
International Labor Conference in Washington in 1919. On that 
occasion she was the guest of the Foundation at the banquet given 
for the delegates. Miss Hesselgren worked for many years as a teacher 
of domestic science, until her abilitv was taken into service bv the 
housing bureau, and she became the first inspector of housing. Later 
she became a supervisor of the teaching of domestic science and organ¬ 
izer of courses of training for social and charitable work. In 1913, 
she was appointed as the first woman factory inspector in Sweden. 
During the war she was one of the women councillors of the govern¬ 
ment food commission. 
