Doris Håvik

Inga Doris Helena Håvik née Jansson (1924–2009) was a working-class Swedish politician from Gothenburg.

She also took part in meetings of women's organizations, union groups and municipal gatherings where in particular she explained changes made in the social insurance programme.

[4] An active parliamentarian, she consistently sought to work towards better conditions for oppressed and poverty-stricken women but she also put forward proposals on improvements to life in Gothenburg.

[1] From 1982 to 1994, she contributed to the work of the Council of Europe where she also fought for minimum levels of support for the poor and for improved women's rights.

[3] Håvik was also Sweden's delegate to the United Nations in New York from 1976 to 1981 where she was a member of the social welfare committee.