Stockholm: Sweden’s parliament on Monday elected Magdalena Andersson as the country’s prime minister, the first woman to hold the post, five days after her initial bid lasted only hours.
Despite being a nation that has long championed gender equality, Sweden has never before had a woman as prime minister.
Last week Andersson was elected by parliament but she had to resign just hours later — before she even had a chance to formally take office — after her budget failed to pass through parliament and the Green Party quit her coalition government.
With 10 months to go before September general elections, the 54-year-old, who is the outgoing finance minister, will now head a minority government made up solely of the Social Democrats.