Editing Anna Lindh (section)

==Early life and education==
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was born to Staffan (1931–2017), an artist, and Nancy Lindh (1932–2005), a schoolteacher, in [[Enskede-Årsta]], a suburb southeast of [[Stockholm]].<ref name="eubio">{{cite web |title=Anna Lindh: Sveriges EU-röst på världsscenen (1957–2003) |url=https://european-union.europa.eu/system/files/2021-06/eu-pioneers-anna-lindh_sv.pdf |website=european-union.europa.eu |language=Swedish |date=2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Karlsson |first1=Mats O. |title=Staffan Lindh |url=https://unt.se/familj/dodsfall/artikel/staffan-lindh/re96p3xl |website=unt.se |publisher=Upsala Nya Tidning |language=Swedish |date=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Ryding |first1=Lars |title=Anna Lindh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/12/guardianobituaries |work=The Guardian |date=12 September 2003}}</ref> She grew up in [[Enköping]]. At age 12, she became involved in politics after joining a local branch of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Youth League]], becoming its district chairman when she was 13.<ref name="eubio" /> She took part in the Swedish movement against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="Independent">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Alex Duval |title=Anna Lindh |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anna-lindh-37091.html |work=The Independent |date=12 September 2003}}</ref>

Lindh studied at [[Uppsala University]], graduating in 1982 as a [[Candidate of Law]] (''jur. kand.''). The same year, she won election as a [[Member of the Riksdag]] (MP) for [[Södermanland|Södermanland County]].<ref name=Telegraph/> In 1984, she became the first woman chairperson of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League.<ref name="eubio" /> Her six years as president were marked by a commitment to international affairs (including Nicaragua, Vietnam, South Africa and Palestine) and against the [[arms race]] which characterized the [[Cold War]].