Anna Lindh

Anna Lindh
Lindh in 2002
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
7 October 1998 – 11 September 2003
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byLena Hjelm-Wallén
Succeeded byJan O. Karlsson (Acting)
Minister for the Environment
In office
7 October 1994 – 7 October 1998
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Göran Persson
Preceded byOlof Johansson
Succeeded byKjell Larsson
Member of the Riksdag
In office
20 September 1998 – 11 September 2003
In office
19 September 1982 – 15 September 1985
ConstituencySödermanland County
Personal details
Born
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh

(1957-06-19)19 June 1957
Stockholm, Sweden
Died11 September 2003(2003-09-11) (aged 46)
Stockholm, Sweden
Manner of deathAssassination by stabbing
Resting placeKatarina Church, Stockholm
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouse
(m. 1991)
Children2
Alma materUppsala University

Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her death. She was also a Member of the Riksdag (member of parliament) for Södermanland County until her assassination. On 10 September 2003, four days before a referendum on replacing the Swedish krona with the euro as currency, Lindh was stabbed by Mijailo Mijailović at the NK department store in central Stockholm; she died the next morning at Karolinska University Hospital. Anna Lindh had been seen as a likely candidate to succeed Göran Persson as Social Democratic party leader. Her greatest commitment was to international cooperation and solidarity, as well as to environmental issues. She 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.