Anna Lindh
1957 – 2003 · aged 46
Swedish politician (1957-2003)
- Born
- 19 Jun 1957 · Enskede-Årsta parish
- Died
- 11 Sept 2003 · Karolinska University Hospital
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 19 Jun 1957BornBorn in Enskede-Årsta parish
- 1982 – 1985RoleMember of the Swedish Riksdag
- 1984 – 1990RoleChairperson
- 1994 – 1998RoleMinister for the Environment
- 1998RoleMember of the Swedish Riksdag
- 1998 – 2003RoleMinister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
- 2002RoleMember of the Swedish Riksdag
- 11 Sept 2003DiedDied in Karolinska University Hospital
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1957 – 2003).
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
Biography
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.
Text from the Wikipedia article Anna Lindh, CC BY-SA 4.0
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