8 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁tax - pay ing ▁women ▁of ▁legal ▁majority ▁( un mar ried , ▁divor ced ▁and ▁wid owed ▁women ) ▁were ▁again ▁allowed ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁municipal ▁elections , ▁making ▁Sweden ▁the ▁first ▁country ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁to ▁grant ▁women ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote . ▁This ▁was ▁after ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁political ▁system , ▁where ▁a ▁new ▁local ▁authority ▁was ▁introduced : ▁the ▁commun al ▁municipal ▁council . ▁The ▁right ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁municipal ▁elections ▁applied ▁only ▁to ▁people ▁of ▁legal ▁majority , ▁which ▁ex cluded ▁married ▁women , ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁jur id ically ▁under ▁the ▁guard ians hip ▁of ▁their ▁hus b ands . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁the ▁suggestion ▁to ▁grant ▁women ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁national ▁elections ▁was ▁initially ▁voted ▁down ▁in ▁Parliament . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁the ▁Mar ried ▁Woman ' s ▁Property ▁Rights ▁Association ▁had ▁a ▁campaign ▁to ▁encou rage ▁the ▁female ▁vot ers , ▁qualified ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁law , ▁to ▁use ▁their ▁vote ▁and ▁increase ▁the ▁participation ▁of ▁women ▁vot ers ▁in ▁the ▁elections , ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁yet ▁no ▁public ▁demand ▁for ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁among ▁women . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁the ▁temper ance ▁activ ist ▁Emil ie ▁R ath ou ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁in ▁Sweden ▁to ▁demand ▁the ▁right ▁for ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁in