# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karin-andersson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:07:54.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karin-andersson"
name: "Karin Andersson"
slug: "karin-andersson"
description: "Karin Elizabet Andersson was a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Gender Equality from 1979 to 1982. Born into a farm family as one of six children, her father Elias served as municipal councillor in Varberg Municipality. She began working for Hallands Nyheter as a journalist in 1947, then worked for Ålandstidningen until 1957. In the 1960s, Andersson worked with Sveriges Radio, and also began to get involved with the Centre Party, and became the party's federal secretary in 1966, serving in that position until 1979."
tagline: "Swedish politician (1918-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karin_Andersson_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1918-10-08"
deathDate: "2012-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.5
  momentum:             7.230769230769231
  historical:           6.137365333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Andersson_(politiker)"
    title: "Karin Andersson (politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كارين اندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Карын Элізабет Андэрсан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Andersson_(Politikerin)"
    title: "Karin Andersson (Politikerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Andersson_(politician)"
    title: "Karin Andersson (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Andersson"
    title: "Karin Andersson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Андерссон, Карин Элизабет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1727737"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump