32 Facts About Magdalena Andersson

Eva Magdalena Andersson was born on 23 January 1967 and is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021.

Magdalena Andersson has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014.

Magdalena Andersson previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from November 2021 to October 2022, Minister for Finance from 2014 to 2021 and Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee from 2020 to 2022.

Magdalena Andersson served as an adviser and director of planning in Goran Persson's administration and as an adviser to Mona Sahlin.

Magdalena Andersson was elected Prime Minister of Sweden by the Riksdag on 29 November 2021.

On 24 November 2021, Magdalena Andersson had been elected to that position but resigned after an announcement by her coalition partner, the Green Party, that they were leaving the government in response to losing the annual budget vote in the Riksdag to the conservative opposition.

Magdalena Andersson then assumed the office of Prime Minister on 30 November 2021 as Sweden's first female Prime Minister.

Magdalena Andersson graduated in 1987 with top grades in all but one class.

Magdalena Andersson started her doctorate in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1992 to 1995, but ended before completing the degree.

Magdalena Andersson joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in 1983 during her first year of secondary school.

Magdalena Andersson then spent time in the civil service, working as secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance from 2004 to 2006, before leaving to become a political advisor again, this time to opposition leader Mona Sahlin from 2007 to 2009.

Magdalena Andersson left this role when the government nominated her as Chief Director of the Swedish Tax Agency, a position she held until 2012.

Magdalena Andersson resigned when adopted as a Swedish Social Democratic Party candidate ahead of the 2014 Swedish general election.

Magdalena Andersson was reappointed as finance minister by Lofven following the 2018 Swedish general election.

In 2020, members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the primary policy advisory committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, chose Magdalena Andersson to serve as chair of IMFC for a term of three years.

Magdalena Andersson became the first European in that role after more than a decade, as well as the first woman to hold that position.

Magdalena Andersson was elected Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party on 4 November 2021, becoming the party's second female leader after Mona Sahlin.

On 24 November 2021, Magdalena Andersson was elected as the prime minister of Sweden by the Riksdag.

Since the opposition budget was drafted with the support of the right-wing populist party Sweden Democrats, the Green Party pulled out of the coalition rather than be bound to govern under it, leading Magdalena Andersson to resign before taking office.

Magdalena Andersson notified Speaker Andreas Norlen that she would be interested in leading a single-party government.

Magdalena Andersson is Sweden's first female prime minister, and the country's first female head of government since Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicated in 1720.

Magdalena Andersson added that migrant men must let their female relatives work.

Magdalena Andersson emphasised that it was important for people to be vaccinated, and advised people to "take a break from hugging".

Busch herself denied the allegations, while Magdalena Andersson claimed that she had evidence of the theft.

Magdalena Andersson said the results were not a loss for social democracy.

Magdalena Andersson called upon M, KD, and L to reject SD, and said she was open to a government with M that would exclude SD.

Magdalena Andersson said Sweden did not want permanent NATO bases or nuclear weapons on its territory.

Magdalena Andersson refused to deny Turkey's claim that Sweden had promised to deport Turkish political refugees and opponents wanted by Erdogan's government.

When interviewed by the newspaper Expressen after the election, and the Kristersson Cabinet had been formed, Magdalena Andersson said she was happy with the new government's harsh policies on migration and asylum and reiterated that it was her predecessor, former Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who was responsible for the real paradigm shift regarding migration after the 2015 refugee crisis.

Shortly after she took office in 2021, Magdalena Andersson said in an interview with Dagens Nyheter that she believes more criminals who lack Swedish citizenship should be deported.

Magdalena Andersson stated that her government had toughened over seventy penalties and criminalized more than thirty acts.

Since 1997, Magdalena Andersson has been married to Richard Friberg, a professor in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics; the couple have two children.