Ingela Anita Thalén (born 1 October 1943) is a Swedish politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party and a former minister.

Thalén is the daughter of laundry worker Erland Ericsson and tailor Sara Ström.

Thalén continued as a member of parliament in Sweden between 1988 and 2004.

[7] Thalén left her political work with her last post as the chairman of the Swedish Barnens rätt i samhället (BRIS) from 2005 until 2009.

In October 2013, she received a silver-mark for her work at the dance organisation.