Anna Lindh
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 Environme Minister from 1994 to 1998.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Herself
Swedish investigative journalism series known for the use of concealed cameras and microphones.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Self - (archive footage)
At 4:00 PM on September 10, 2003, the then Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was shopping for clothes at the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm when she was stabbed so badly in the chest that she died. And Sweden had suffered its second murder, similar to the shooting of Olof Palme. And in this documentary, we get to follow the police investigation.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Self - (archive footage)
Anna Lindh, the successful and popular, became history and a monument, in Sweden and around the world. But who was she really, the living Anna Lindh?