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Alva Reimer Myrdal (January 31, 1902 –
February 1, 1986) received the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1982. Myrdal was a Swedish diplomat, politician
and writer. She was married to Gunnar Myrdal.

Born in Uppsala, she first came to public notice
in the 1930's, coauthoring a book entitled "The
population crisis" and was more generally a force
in the creation of the Swedish welfare state.  A
long-time prominent member of the Social Democrat
party of Sweden, in the late 1940's she became
involved in international issues with the United
Nations, appointed to head its section on welfare
policy in 1949 and from 1950 to 1955 she was
chairman of UNESCO's social science section - the
first woman to hold such prominent positions in
the UN.

In 1962 she entered the Swedish parliament and
became a Cabinet minister in 1967.