Karin Major Britt Margareta Theorin, commonly known as Major Britt Theorin, is a Swedish social democratic politician and diplomat, Doctor of Philosophy h c. 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 and President of the Committé of Women´s Right and Equality in European Parliament and a member of the Committé of Foreign Affairs and Security in European Parliament and a member of the board from European Parliament of American College of Physicians; African Caribbean Pacific.
Career
Doctor Theorin is former Swedish Ambassador for Disarmament in charge of Swedish disarmament policy (1982-1991). Doctor Theorin is former President of the International Peace Bureau and of Parliamentarians for Global Action. She was President of the International Peace Bureau from 1992 to 2000, following Bruce Kent.
She has also served as Swedish Ambassador for Disarmament.
Membership
Doctor Theorin was Chairperson of the United Nations Commission of Experts on Nuclear Weapons (1989-1990), Chairperson of the United Nations Study on Military and the Environment (1990-1991), Chairperson of the United Nations Expert Group on Women and the Agenda for Peace (1994) and Member of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (1995-1996). Doctor Theorin is President of the umbrella union of six women´s and peace league "Operation 1325" in Sweden and member of the board of United Nations Women Sweden.