1. Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish politician and lawyer.
21 Facts About Anna Lindh
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Anna Lindh was a Member of the Riksdag for Sodermanland County until her assassination.
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On 10 September 2003, four days before a referendum on replacing the Swedish krona with the euro as currency, Lindh was stabbed by Mijailo Mijailovic at the NK department store in central Stockholm; she died the next morning at Karolinska University Hospital.
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Anna Lindh had been seen as a likely candidate to succeed Goran Persson as Social Democratic party leader.
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Anna Lindh worked on these issues throughout her career, serving as Environment Minister from 1994 to 1998, and then as Foreign Minister for the last five years of her life.
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Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was born to Staffan, an artist, and Nancy Lindh, a schoolteacher, in Enskede-Arsta, a suburb southeast of Stockholm.
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Anna Lindh took part in the Swedish movement against the Vietnam War.
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Anna Lindh served in the Riksdag from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1998 until her death in 2003.
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One of Anna Lindh's legacies was her pioneering work towards European Union legislation on hazardous chemical substances.
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Anna Lindh called for the establishment of a common EU strategy against acid rain.
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Anna Lindh served as chairman of the Council of the European Union, responsible for representing the official foreign policy position of the European Union.
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Anna Lindh had to choose between standing up for human rights and supporting trade relations with the US.
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Anna Lindh chose the latter and was later extensively criticised for her actions.
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On 24 May 2004, when the committee against torture at the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that the Government of Sweden had violated its obligations under the Convention against torture in the forced repatriation of Agiza, Anna Lindh had already been murdered.
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Anna Lindh argued strongly for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories; in an interview shortly before her death she said:.
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On 10 September 2003, while shopping in the ladies' section of the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in central Stockholm for a televised debate later that night on the referendum about Sweden's adoption of the euro, Anna Lindh was stabbed in the chest, abdomen and arms.
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Anna Lindh was rushed to Karolinska University Hospital, where she underwent surgery and blood transfusions for over nine hours.
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Anna Lindh reportedly experienced severe internal bleeding and liver damage; her condition remained grave, although she appeared to have improved immediately after the surgery.
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Anna Lindh was found guilty in a trial held from 14 to 17 January 2004.
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Anna Lindh was an outspoken campaigner for Sweden to join the Eurozone in the referendum held on 14 September 2003.
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On 11 September 2013, the tenth anniversary of Anna Lindh's death was commemorated in Sweden.