Sweden gets first woman PM

Sweden's parliament elected Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson as the country's first woman prime minister yesterday, hours after she clinched a last-minute deal that gave her victory by the slimmest of possible margins. The 54-year-old, who took over as leader of the Social Democrats earlier this month, reached a deal with the Left Party late on Tuesday to raise pensions in exchange for its backing in yesterday's vote in parliament. All other Nordic countries -- Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland -- have seen women lead their governments.

Source: Reuters