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In 1962 she was elected the Swedish parliament and in 1962 she was sent as the Swedish delegate to the UN disarmament conference in Geneva, a role she kept until 1973.

In 1966 she was also made consultative Cabinet minister for disarmament, which she also held until 1973.

It was as a vocal supporter of disarmament that she in 1982 received the Nobel Peace Prize together with Alfonso Garcia Robles.

She has widely contributed to the creation of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, of which governing board she became the first Chairman in 1966.