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Andersson Cabinet

Magdalena Andersson's single-party Social Democratic minority cabinet governed from November 2021 until October 2022, making her Sweden's first female prime minister and taking the NATO application decision after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Prime Minister
Magdalena Andersson
Ruling Coalition
Socialdemokraterna
Period
2021–2022
Kind
minority

The Andersson Cabinet took office on 30 November 2021 after Stefan Löfven stepped down and a short budget-and-coalition crisis left the Social Democrats governing alone. Magdalena Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister.

The cabinet’s defining decision came in 2022, when Sweden abandoned its long post-war non-alignment doctrine and applied for NATO membership after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The cabinet was replaced by the Kristersson cabinet after the 2022 election.

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