Inger Holmlund

Inger Holmlund (1927–2019) was a Swedish environmentalist and peace activist. In the 1990s, together with her partner Werner Bauer, she established a women's centre in Homa Bay in western Kenya which focused on tree-planting and craft projects for women in the villages. She then returned to Sweden where in 2007 she called for women's action on achieving a world free of nuclear weapons.

Biography Born on 26 November 1927, Inger Holmlund grew up in Sundsvall in central Sweden. In the 1960s and 1970s, she and her husband Gustaf ran a clothes store in Sundsvall and Umeå. In 1976, she became interested in nuclear disarmament, joined Härnösand Folk High School as an environmental advisor and took part in anti-nuclear demonstrations.