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Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, who quit just hours after becoming first woman elected Sweden's prime minister, is a "bulldozer" who faces tough battle fending off an unprecedented challenge by right-wing and far-right in next year's election.
Magdalena Andersson, who on Wednesday quit just hours after becoming the first woman elected Sweden’s prime minister, is a “bulldozer” who faces a tough battle fending off unprecedented challenges in next year’s general election. The 54-year-old member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, with straight blond hair and a no-nonsense attitude, describes herself as a “nice, hard-working woman” who likes to be in charge. In political circles, she has built a reputation for being direct and blunt, a quality that rubs some the wrong way in a country where consensus is the law of the la...
Sweden's first-ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed.
Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, the first woman elected Sweden's prime minister, is a "bulldozer" who faces a tough battle fending off an unprecedented challenge by the right-wing and far-right…
Before MPs backed Magdalena Andersson, Sweden was the only Nordic state never to have a woman as PM.