Magdalena Andersen appointed as the first female Prime Minister of Sweden

• Swedish lawmakers have re-elected Magdalena Andersson as prime minister just days after she resigned, becoming Sweden's first female prime minister for the second time.
• Andersson was elected prime minister last week, but she resigned the next day after her proposed budget was defeated.
• Magdalena Andersson is the 33rd Prime Minister to take the oath of this post.
• She will succeed Stefan Löfven, who resigned as both prime minister and leader of the Social Democrats earlier this month and has since led a caretaker government.
• Andersson has been Sweden's finance minister since 2014.
• She previously also served as the Swedish Tax Agency's deputy director-general.

Important takeaways

About Sweden

• Continent: Europe
• Capital: Stockholm 
• Currency: Swedish krona