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Who'll replace Sweden's powerful women?

Sweden is the only Nordic country which has never had a female prime minister or a female head of state in modern times. The Social Democrat Party leader Mona Sahlin could have become prime minister in the September 2010 elections, but her new red-green coalition lost.
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Wanja Lundby-Wedin, President of the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions

Wanja Lundby-Wedin

Equality curve

Sweden portlet 2011 beskuren

Most important female victories
  • Wanja Lundby-Wedin, 2007

President of the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)

A Nordic first
  • Foreign Minister Karin Söder, 1976-1978
  • Director at The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Ebba Lindsö, 2003-2005
  • Chairwoman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Signhild Arnegård Hansen 2007-2010
Sweden has never had
  • A female prime minister
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