Ingrid Bruce

In 1968, Bruce was employed by the Royal Swedish Air Force Administration where she worked on robotic guidance. The following year she moved to the consultancy TUAB where she was involved in navigation technology until she moved back to the Air Force in 1993. There she became project leader of the BAMSE surface-to-air missile system. She was promoted to head the weapons centre in 1998 where she served until her retirement in 2003.^[1][3]

On the trade union front, while at TUAB she was elected deputy in the local union Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers (CF). In 1975, she became a member of the CF commission for the labour market. After becoming a board member in 1982, she became CF's chair from 1985 to 1989, the first woman to do so. While there, she met Gerhard Raunio, also an engineer and board member; they married in 1991. Through her union activities, she strove to encourage women to gain qualifications in science and technology.^[1]

From 1985, she was active in European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI), the European organisation for engineers. In addition to the heading the Swedish committee, she was the organisation's vice-president from 1991 to 1994.^[1]

Ingrid Bruce died on 17 November 2012 and is buried in Stockholm.^[1]

• Karlsson, Linus: Ingrid Monica Bruce at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon