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1963–67, Secretary of State at the 1963 Council of
Ministers, Member of the School Board's Educational Board 1971–81, by the International Health and Social Affairs Committee 1972–78, chairman of the Board of International Adoption Issues 1973–79 and Member of the 1982 Experts Group on Immigration Research. Gradin was a member of the 1974 Semester Committee 1974–1975, of the 1974–1977 Research Education Survey, by the Delegation for Gender Equality 1975–1976, by the 1978–81 Research Co-operation Committee and by the 1980–80 Abortion Committee. She was a specialist in the hotel and restaurant survey 1974–78, a member of the 1975 business committee 1975–77, chairman of Sweden's social association 1976–81, and a board member of Stockholm's workers' municipality 1968–82. She was chairman of the Stockholm City Social Democratic Women's District 1968–82 and Vice Chairman of the Women's Association from 1975. Gradin was a member of the City Council in Stockholm in 1966–68 as well as a member of the Danish People's Welfare Board / Dental Committee 1966–76. In 1997, Gradin was appointed as an honorary citizen in her hometown, Umeå.
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Gradin was the daughter of the paper worker Ossian Gradin (1910–1986) and
Alfhild Gradin (1913–1984), born Englund. Gradin graduated in 1950, studied at the Swedish School of 1953, at the 1954 British School of Economics, at the Nordic Folk High School in Geneva in 1958, and became a socialist in
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