Sweden Gets First Female PM a Century After Women Could Vote
- 54-year-old Magdalena Andersson wins parliamentary vote
- Andersson faces challenges as her budget bill is set to lose
Magdalena Andersson
Photographer: Frederik Persson/AFP/Getty Images
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Sweden’s Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson became the largest Nordic nation’s first female prime minister after winning a narrow vote in parliament.
A last-minute deal with the ex-communist Left Party ensured that a majority of lawmakers accepted the Social Democrat leader, 100 years after women in the country known for its egalitarian foundations were first able to exercise full voting rights.