Annika Strandhäll

Annika Strandhäll
Annika Strandhäll
	Member of the Riksdag
	In office; 1 October 2019 – 30 November 2021
Personal details
Born	30 June 1975 (age 48); Göteborg, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats

Annika Strandhäll (born 30 April 1975) is a

Minister for Climate and the Environment from 2021 to 2022. She also served as Minister for Social Security from 2014 until her resignation in 2019, following her partner's death a month earlier.^[1] She previously held the office of Minister for Social Affairs from 2017 to 2019.^[2]^[3] and acting Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports, during Gabriel Wikström's sick leave, from May to July 2017.^[4]

Resignation

On 30 September 2019, following the death of her partner, Strandhäll announced that she would be resigning from her post as Minister for Social Security.

insurance agency. Strandhäll said that although she had known he was suffering from depression already prior to their separation, she had not realised the gravity of the situation.^[6] She told newspaper Expressen that she intended to remain in politics as an MP, but that her new situation with full responsibility for the children was going to have an impact on any future commitments.^[7] Strandhäll said that she spoke publicly about Wolf's passing in order to end speculation about the cause of the tragedy and that it was the right time after several months of grief.^[7]

References

^ Annika Strandhäll resigns following her husband's death 2019-09-30 (in Swedish)
^ Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (24 November 2014). "Ministry of Health and Social Affairs". Regeringskansliet.
^ "CV - Annika Strandhäll". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ Gabriel Wikström is on sick leave (in Swedish) 2017-05-05
^ "Socialförsäkringsministern Annika Strandhäll avgår – efter sambons död". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b Holm, Gusten (7 February 2020). "Strandhäll: Vi såg inte att han mådde dåligt" [Strandhäll: We didn't see that he was doing badly]. Expressen. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b Svensson, Niklas (6 February 2020). "Strandhälls första ord om sambons död" [Strandhäll's first words regarding the partners' death]. Expressen. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

Trade union offices
Preceded by Eva Nordmark (as President of SKTF)	President of Vision 2011–2014	Succeeded by Veronica Magnusson
Political offices
Preceded by Göran Hägglund	Head of the Ministry for Health and Social Affairs 2014–2019	Succeeded by Lena Hallengren
Preceded by Ulf Kristersson	Minister for Social Security 2014–2019	Succeeded by Ardalan Shekarabi
Preceded by Gabriel Wikström	Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports Acting 2017	Succeeded by Herself (as Minister for Social Affairs )
Preceded by Herself (as Minister for Social Security) Gabriel Wikström (as Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports)	Minister for Social Affairs 2017–2019	Succeeded by Minister for Health and Social Affairs) Amanda Lind (as Minister for Sports )
Preceded by Per Bolund	Minister for Climate and the Environment 2021–2022	Succeeded by Romina Pourmokhtari

[1] Annika Strandhäll resigns following her husband's death 2019-09-30 (in Swedish)

[2] Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (24 November 2014). "Ministry of Health and Social Affairs". Regeringskansliet.

[3] "CV - Annika Strandhäll". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

[4] Gabriel Wikström is on sick leave (in Swedish) 2017-05-05

[5] "Socialförsäkringsministern Annika Strandhäll avgår – efter sambons död". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[Expressen7Feb-6] Holm, Gusten (7 February 2020). "Strandhäll: Vi såg inte att han mådde dåligt" [Strandhäll: We didn't see that he was doing badly]. Expressen. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[Expressen6Feb-7] Svensson, Niklas (6 February 2020). "Strandhälls första ord om sambons död" [Strandhäll's first words regarding the partners' death]. Expressen. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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