“I don’t want to lead a government whose legitimacy will be questioned.”
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Magdalena Andersson
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since 2022 and as Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, as well as Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and Chai…
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politics · Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022 · politician · party leader · economist · also Magdalena Andersson, Eva Magdalena Andersson, Andersson
Born 23 January 1967 · Q4935873
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2026· 5 entries
“I am ready to be prime minister in a single-party, Social Democrat government.”
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“There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits,”
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“s proposal. Just a few weeks later in an interview with Dagens Nyheter, she spoke about segregation in Sweden and said that”
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olympics.com: 2026 CEV EuroBeachVolley: Nilsson/Andersson and Schoon/Stam win men’s and women’s titles to earn Sweden and Netherlands quota spots for LA28
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2025· 10 entries
“Den eskalerande konflikten mellan Iran och Israel utgör en allvarlig säkerhetsrisk för hela Mellanöstern, och potentiellt också globalt.”
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“Livia Fränkel har somnat in. Vi tackar för hennes starka vilja att dela med sig av sin livshistoria, om fördrivningarna av judar, koncentrationslägren och kriget. Det är vår uppgift att hålla hennes och alla förintelseöverlevares berättelser vid liv. Vi får aldrig glömma.”
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“Israels högerextrema regering har deklarerat att de ska ta över hela Gazaremsan. Det måste fördömas med full kraft från det samlade världssamfundet och få kännbara konsekvenser. Netanyahus behandling av palestinska civila, av barnen i Gaza, är omänsklig.”
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“Glädjande besked att Joakim Medin är på väg hem till Sverige och sin familj.”
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“Fasansfullt dåd i Uppsala. Tre personer har bekräftats döda i en skottlossning, mitt i eftermiddagsrusningen. Det dödliga våldet som plågar vårt land måste stoppas. Viktigt att allmänheten följer myndigheternas instruktioner.”
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“Hemmet ska vara platsen man kan natta barn, gå och lägga sig, och vara trygg med att vakna till en vardag därefter. Vi nås idag av uppgifter om en sprängning med påföljande brand där en mamma och hennes barn skadats allvarligt. Ett avskyvärt dåd.”
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“Trump-administrationen vill med sin tullpolitik vrida tillbaka klockan 100 år. Det är dåligt för världshandeln, ökar inflationen och gör vanligt folk fattigare. En fri och ordnad handel har skapat tillväxt och välstånd. EU behöver agera samlat; skydda Europa och säkra handel.”
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“Gripandet och avstängningen av Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbuls folkvalde borgmästare och oppositionsledare från vårt systerparti CHP är djupt oroande. EU måste kräva att Turkiet följer sina åtaganden för demokrati och rättsstaten.”
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“I natt har hundratals människor skadats och dödats av Israels bombningar i Gaza. Israel har brutit vapenvilan. Det är förödande. Netanyahus regerings agerande måste fördömas och det internationella samfundet måste ingripa för att vapenvilan återupptas omedelbart.”
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“Klockan 09.30 håller jag och Mikael Damberg en pressträff där vi presenterar ett nytt stort förslag på hur totalförsvaret bör finansieras. Vi måste stärka Sveriges samlade motståndskraft. Missa inte!”
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2024· 1 entry
Andersson unveiled a new party platform which included changes like a stricter immigration policy, new proposed measures to combat crime, and plans to strengthen the welfare state
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2022· 5 entries
Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2022).
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Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (2022–2022).
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“In Sweden, we have collective decision-making in the government. If you dismiss a minister because of political decisions, then you dismiss the entire government. It goes without saying.”
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After an ostensible plan to burn a Quran triggered riots in Sweden, Andersson held a press conference with then Minister for Justice Morgan Johansson where she claimed that this had happened because "segregation has been
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Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (2022).
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2021· 8 entries
scmp.com: Sweden’s parliament elects Magdalena Andersson as new prime minister, for second time in five days
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NDTV: Magdalena Andersson Elected As Sweden's First Woman Prime Minister Again
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Couriermail: Sweden’s first female Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigns on day one
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Yahoo: Magdalena Andersson becomes Sweden’s first female PM
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Awarded Most powerful business women (2021).
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Career landmark: party leader (2021).
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Andersson said in an interview with Dagens Nyheter that she believes more criminals who lack Swedish citizenship should be deported
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Sweden (2021–2022).
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2020· 1 entry
Members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the primary policy advisory committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), chose Andersson to serve as chair of IMFC fo
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2018· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (2018–2018).
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Was narrowly defeated by the right's bloc, led by the Moderate Party (M), KD, and the Liberals (L), which included the far-right SD
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2017· 1 entry
As Finance Minister, she said that she regretted the government's decision to grant asylum to 160,000 people during the European migrant crisis in 2015, as she believed that there was not enough housing and employment to
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2016· 1 entry
Published “A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex” in Nature — cited 5,297 times.
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2014· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (2014–2014).
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Career landmark: Sweden's Minister for Finance (2014–2021).
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2013· 1 entry
Published “The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project” in NeuroImage — cited 5,634 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register” in BMC Public Health — cited 4,459 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy general director (2009–2012).
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2005· 1 entry
Published “The ERA‐40 re‐analysis” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society — cited 6,036 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Career landmark: secretary of state (2004–2006).
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1995· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University (1995–1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Published “Sexual Selection” — cited 7,333 times.
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1992· 2 entries
Studied at Stockholm School of Economics, civilekonom (1992).
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Earned a master's degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics
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1987· 2 entries
Studied at Katedralskolan (1987).
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Was elected president of the Uppsala section of SSU
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1983· 1 entry
During her first year of secondary school
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1967· 1 entry
Born 1967-01-23.
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