Karin Maj Britt Margareta Theorin (born December 22, 1932,
Göteborg), commonly known as
Maj Britt Theorin, is a
Swedish social democratic politician and diplomat. She served as a member of the
Parliament of Sweden from 1971 to 1995, and as a
Member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2004. She was President of the
International Peace Bureau from 1992 to 2000, following
Bruce Kent.
[1] She has also served as Swedish Ambassador for Disarmament.
As an MP in the 1980s, she proposed that private ownership of satellite dishes be prohibited in Sweden.
[2]
The intention was to stop Swedish citizen from watching commercial
television channels from abroad and thus preserve the Swedish state
television media monopoly.
