Hans Göran Persson is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007.
The Norrmalmstorg robbery was a bank robbery and hostage crisis that occurred at the Norrmalmstorg Square in Stockholm,Sweden,in August 1973 and was the first crime in Sweden to be covered by live television. It is best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.
The Swedish Social Democratic Party,formally the SwedishSocial Democratic Workers' Party,usually referred to as The Social Democrats,is a social democratic political party in Sweden. Globally,it is a full member of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists.
Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician,economist,and diplomat. He served as Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Business and Industry from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this,he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New York City from 2016 to 2018.
Konstantinos (Kostis) Hatzidakis is a Greek politician of New Democracy who has been serving as Minister for Νational Economy and Finance in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Within his party,he serves as vice president under Mitsotakis' leadership.
Anna Gunilla Carlsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2006 to 2013,member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2013 and deputy chairman of her party from 2003 to 2015.
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria,who is currently serving as Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization since 2021.
Mattias Sunneborn is a Swedish long jumper. He was an Olympic finalist in 1996. He was the 1996 European Indoor Champion and 1995 World Indoor silver medalist.
Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova is a Bulgarian economist serving as the 12th managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019,and the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the institution. Born in Sofia,her university education was at London School of Economics (LSE),followed by a return to her native Bulgaria where she witnessed some of the economic hardships of the post-Communist transition. She began her career by teaching economics,becoming a prominent figure in the field.
Alice Bah Kuhnke is a Swedish politician for the Green Party who is currently a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Previously she served as the Minister of Culture and Democracy From October 2014 to January 2019. Before going into politics,she was a television presenter. She also helped found the think tank Sektor3.
Isabella Lövin is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2014 to 2019,as Minister for the Environment from 2019 to 2021 and as honorary Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2016 to 2021. She led the Green Party as co-spokesperson from 2016 to 2021,sharing the task with Gustav Fridolin (2014-2019) and Per Bolund (2019-2021).
Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) is a regional co-operation format that includes Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Iceland,Latvia,Lithuania,Norway,and Sweden. Under NB8,regular meetings are held of the Baltic and Nordic countries' Prime Ministers,Speakers of Parliaments,Foreign Ministers,branch ministers,Secretaries of State and political directors of Foreign Ministries,as well as expert consultations where regional issues and current international topics are reviewed.
Per Bolund is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and as Minister for the Environment from February to November 2021,and has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party from May 2019 until his resignation in November 2023.
Kjell Dietrich Johannes Bah Kuhnke,is a Swedish actor and singer. He has acted in several films and received international attention in 2014 for his role in the film Force Majeure. In 2010,he participated as a singer in Melodifestivalen with the song "Tonight". In addition to acting in films and on television,he has performed in plays such as Cabaret and The Jungle Book. He was married to Swedish politician Alice Bah Kuhnke.
Since Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia,international recognition of Kosovo has been mixed,and the international community continues to be divided on the issue. The Republic of Kosovo is member of some international intergovernmental and international non-governmental organisations.
Svenja Schulze is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She serves as Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in the cabinet of Olaf Scholz. Schulze has been serving as member of the German Bundestag since 2021,representing North Rhine-Westphalia.
Pär Anders Holmgren is a Swedish meteorologist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He is a member of the Green Party,part of Greens-European Free Alliance.
Elisabeth "Liesje" Schreinemacher is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2022.
The 47th G7 summit was held from 11 to 13 June 2021 in Cornwall,England,during the United Kingdom's tenure of the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7),an inter-governmental political forum of seven advanced nations.
Annika Hirvonen is a Swedish politician. She represents the constituency of Stockholm County in the Riksdag. She served as Member of the Riksdag from 24 June 2014 to 24 September 2018. She serves as Member of the Riksdag since 19 June 2019 after Alice Bah Kuhnke left to become Member of the European Parliament. She is affiliated with the Green Party.
