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Anna Lindh

1957 - 2003

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Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish politician and lawyer. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, she 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Lindh is the 5,624th most popular politician (down from 4,932nd in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anna Lindh ranks 5,624 out of 19,576. Before her are Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Julius Schaub, Coloman of Galicia, José María Morelos, Carlos Antonio López, and Princess Francisca of Brazil. After her are Lais of Corinth, Spiro Agnew, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Alessandra Mussolini, Dorothea Binz, and Milada Horáková.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Anna Lindh ranks 55. Before her are Theo van Gogh, Michael Cretu, Michael Madsen, Georgi Parvanov, Nick Cave, and Bamir Topi. After her are Janick Gers, John Turturro, Marita Koch, Hwang Kyo-ahn, Yoshihiko Noda, and Jan Ceulemans. Among people deceased in 2003, Anna Lindh ranks 64. Before her are John Schlesinger, André Claveau, June Carter Cash, László Papp, Edgar F. Codd, and Valentin Pavlov. After her are Ilan Ramon, Isao Iwabuchi, Annemarie Schimmel, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Robert Atkins.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Anna Lindh ranks 218 out of 1,879. Before her are Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Björn Andrésen (1955), Olof Thunberg (1925), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Ulf Kristersson (1963), and Basshunter (1984). After her are Anders Sparrman (1748), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Gunnar Asplund (1885), Sven Nykvist (1922), Jo Bonnier (1930), and Maud Adams (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Anna Lindh ranks 70. Before her are Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Anna of Sweden (1545), Inge the Younger (1100), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Göran Persson (1949), and Ulf Kristersson (1963). After her are Stenkil (1030), Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Per Albin Hansson (1885), and Blot-Sweyn (1001).

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