Barbro Westerholm

Barbro Westerholm (born 16 June 1933) is a Swedish politician of the Liberals. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. Westerholm was previously a member from 1988 to 1999.[1][2]

Barbro Westerholm
Barbro Westerholm in September 2014
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
2 October 2006
ConstituencyStockholm County
In office
3 October 1988 – 1 October 1999
ConstituencyStockholm County
Chairman of the Swedish Pensioners' Association
In office
1999–2005
Preceded byGunnel Jonäng
Director-General of the National Board of Health and Welfare
In office
1979–1985
Preceded byBror Rexed
Succeeded byMaj-Britt Sandlund
Personal details
Born (1933-06-16) 16 June 1933
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Political partyLiberals

From the mid-1960s Westerholm was an early pioneer in the field of pharmacovigilance, also working on the early stages of the WHO Drug Dictionary and the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.[3] In 1979 as general director of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, she had homosexuality dropped from the list of mental health diseases.[4] [5]

Westerholm is a critic of ageism and advocates for the measurement and publicizing of data on the economic value of volunteer work, and in particular the contributions of older people.[6] In 2009 she was awarded the Nordic Public Health Prize for her work in fighting discrimination against the elderly.[7]

References
  1. "Ageing in Europe: From North to South". Ageing In Europe. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. "Meet human rights champion Barbro Westerholm". Ageing Equal. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. Finney DJ (2003). From thalidomide to pharmacovigilance: a personal account. Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs Annual 2003, in vol. 26.
  4. Rydström, J. (2011). Odd couples: a history of gay marriage in Scandinavia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Univ. Press. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. "Humanist events for Europride 2008". Humanists International. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. Karlsson, Carl-Johan (7 July 2021). "What Sweden's Covid failure tells us about ageism". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-070621-1. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  7. "Barbro Westerholm gaines Nordic Public Health Prize for work to fight discrimination against the elderly | Expertsvar". Nordic School of Public Health NHV (in Swedish). 6 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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