Anna Lindh
Anna Lindh | |
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Lindh in 2002 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 October 1998 – 11 September 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Lena Hjelm-Wallén |
| Succeeded by | Jan O. Karlsson (Acting) |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 7 October 1994 – 7 October 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Olof Johansson |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Larsson |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 20 September 1998 – 11 September 2003 | |
| In office 19 September 1982 – 15 September 1985 | |
| Constituency | Södermanland County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ylva Anna Maria Lindh 19 June 1957 |
| Died | 11 September 2003 (aged 46) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Manner of death | Assassination by stabbing |
| Resting place | Katarina Church, Stockholm |
| Party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her assassination in 2003. A leading figure of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Lindh was a Member of the Riksdag representing Södermanland County from 1982 to 1985 and again from 1998 to 2003.
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 following morning at Karolinska University Hospital. She 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.