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Magdalena Andersson to become Sweden's first female prime minister
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Swedish MPs have voted to make Magdalena Andersson the country's first female prime minister.
After days of uncertain negotiations, the Social Democrat leader secured the support she needed in parliament on Wednesday morning.
An agreement was reached on Tuesday evening with the Left Party, which was demanding a pension increase in order to secure their support.
Andersson, the current finance minister, had been set to replace Stefan Löfven as PM but until Tuesday had failed to secure enough support among MPs.
Last week Andersson asked for more time to secure the support of the Left Party after intensive talks reached an impasse.
She was given until Monday this week to find enough backing in the 349-seat Riksdag parliament.
She needed to secure
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