Editing Anna Lindh

{{Short description|Swedish politician (1957–2003)}}
{{Distinguish|Ann Linde}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name           = Anna Lindh
|image          = Anna Lindh 2002.jpg
|caption        = Lindh in 2002
|office         = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
|primeminister  = [[Göran Persson]]
|term_start     = 7 October 1998
|term_end       = 11 September 2003
|predecessor    = [[Lena Hjelm-Wallén]]
|successor      = [[Jan O. Karlsson]] (''Acting'')
|office1        = [[Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Sweden)|Minister for the Environment]]
|primeminister1 = [[Ingvar Carlsson]] <br> [[Göran Persson]]
|term_start1    = 7 October 1994
|term_end1      = 7 October 1998
|predecessor1   = [[Olof Johansson]]
|successor1     = [[Kjell Larsson]]
|office2        = [[Member of the Riksdag]]
|term_start2    = 20 September 1998
|term_end2      = 11 September 2003
|term_start3    = 19 September 1982
|term_end3      = 15 September 1985
|constituency3  = [[Södermanland County]]
|birth_name     = Ylva Anna Maria Lindh
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1957|06|19|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2003|09|11|1957|06|19|df=y}}
|death_place    = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
|death_cause    = [[Assassination]] by stabbing
|resting_place  = [[Katarina Church]], Stockholm
|party          = [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]
|spouse         = {{marriage|[[Bo Holmberg]]|1991}} 
|children       = 2
|alma_mater     = [[Uppsala University]]
|signature      =
}}
'''Ylva Anna Maria Lindh''' (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish politician and lawyer. A member of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]], she served as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] from 1998 until her death. She was also a [[Member of the Riksdag]] (member of parliament) for [[Södermanland County]] until her assassination. 

On 10 September 2003, four days before a referendum on replacing the [[Swedish krona]] with the [[euro]] as currency, Lindh was stabbed by [[Mijailo Mijailović]] at the [[Nordiska Kompaniet|NK]] department store in central [[Stockholm]]; she died the next morning at [[Karolinska University Hospital]]. She had been seen as a likely candidate to succeed [[Göran Persson]] as Social Democratic party leader. 

Her greatest commitment was to international cooperation and solidarity, as well as to environmental issues. She worked on these issues throughout her career, serving as Environment Minister from 1994 to 1998, and then as Foreign Minister for the last five years of her life.

==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]].

== Political career ==
Lindh served in the [[Riksdag]] from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1998 until her death in 2003. From 1991 to 1994, she was Commissioner of Culture and Environment and the Deputy Mayor of [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gavel |first1=Doug |title=Power named first Anna Lindh Professor |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/09/power-named-first-anna-lindh-professor/ |work=The Harvard Gazette |date=14 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="Times">{{cite news |title=Anna Lindh |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/anna-lindh-tvfm0trpwgp |work=[[The Times]] |date=12 September 2003}}</ref> In 1994, after a [[Social Democrats (Sweden)|Social Democratic]] victory in the election of that year, [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] [[Ingvar Carlsson]] appointed her to his cabinet as [[Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Sweden)|Minister for the Environment]].<ref name="Times" /> One of Lindh's legacies was her pioneering work towards [[European Union]] legislation on [[hazardous material|hazardous chemical substances]]. She also called for the establishment of a common EU strategy against [[acid rain]].
[[File:Annalindh.jpg|upright|left|thumb|alt=Smiling woman with short hair and glasses|Lindh in 1995]]
After the [[1998 Swedish general election|1998 election]], Prime Minister [[Göran Persson]] appointed Lindh to succeed [[Lena Hjelm-Wallén]] as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] in the new government.<ref>{{cite web |title=A model minister |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/a-model-minister/ |website=Politico |date=21 October 1998}}</ref> Having made influential friends around the world as president of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, Lindh ardently supported international cooperation through the [[United Nations]] and in the European Union.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berg |first1=Elin |last2=Hedström |first2=Jenny |title=The Legacy of Anna Lindh |url=https://www.fhs.se/en/studentweb/archive/news/thelegacyofannalindh.5.4ccfe00e18a7d03156b7577b.html |website=fhs.se |publisher=Swedish Defence University |date=11 September 2023}}</ref>

A high point in her career occurred during the Swedish [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|presidency of the European Union]] in early 2001. Lindh served as chairman of the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Council of the European Union]], responsible for representing the official foreign policy position of the European Union. Travelling with European Union Foreign and Security Policy Spokesman [[Javier Solana]] in [[Republic of North Macedonia|North Macedonia]], during the Kosovo-Macedonian crisis, she negotiated an agreement which averted a civil war in the country.<ref name="eubio" />
[[File:Zoran Đinđić and Anna Lindh.jpg|thumb|alt=Smiling man and woman standing together|With [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] [[Zoran Đinđić]] in Stockholm. Lindh was due to meet Đinđić in [[Belgrade]] in March 2003, moments before his assassination. Lindh was assassinated in Stockholm six months after Đinđić's assassination.]]

Another talking point in her career was the violent [[repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery]] from Sweden to [[Egypt]], an operation carried out by the [[US military]]. According to a 2009 book published by journalist and friend of Lindh Eva Franchell, Göran Persson claimed the US administration would place a trade embargo on the European Union if Sweden did not let the Americans pick up Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery on Swedish soil.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thunberg |first=Karin |date=2009-01-18 |title="Anna Lindh kände sig grundlurad" |language=sv |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |url=https://www.svd.se/a/3b14c5e7-1202-39bc-8c1b-8b394bf1bb71/anna-lindh-kande-sig-grundlurad |access-date=2023-09-11 |issn=1101-2412}}</ref> Persson publicly denied this claim following the book's publication.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kihlström |first=Staffan |date=2009-01-20 |title=S-toppar förnekar kännedom om CIA |language=sv |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sverige/s-toppar-fornekar-kannedom-om-cia/ |access-date=2023-09-11}}</ref> Lindh had to choose between standing up for human rights and supporting trade relations with the US. She chose the latter and was later extensively criticised for her actions.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} On 24 May 2004, when the committee against torture at the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that the [[Government of Sweden]] had violated its obligations under the Convention against torture in the forced repatriation of Agiza, Lindh had already been murdered.

Lindh criticised the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], saying that: {{cquote|A war being fought without support in the statutes of the United Nations is a major failure.}}

However, Lindh praised the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]]. She advocated greater respect for international law and human rights in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], criticising [[Ariel Sharon]]'s Israeli government, but also condemning [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[suicide bombings]] as "[[wikt:atrocity|atrocities]]". She argued strongly for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories; in an interview shortly before her death she said: {{cquote|Israeli settlement in the West Bank must go; there must be a Palestinian state; Israel must vacate all occupied areas on the West Bank and Gaza Strip and end all extra-territorial executions and attacks on Palestinians.<ref name=Telegraph/>}}

During the final weeks of her life, she was involved in the pro-euro campaign, where she advocated for [[Sweden]] to become a member of the [[Eurozone]]. She led the yes campaign in the [[2003 Swedish euro referendum|referendum]]. The referendum was held on 14 September 2003 (three days after her death). As a popular pro-euro politician, she was a spokesperson and chair for the yes campaign; her face was on billboards across Sweden the day she was murdered.<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1441219/Anna-Lindh.html |title=Anna Lindh |date=12 September 2003 |work=[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |type=obituary |access-date=4 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106155029/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1441219/Anna-Lindh.html |archive-date=6 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Comelli |first=Michele |date=July–September 2004 |title=The Challenges of the European Neighbourhood Policy |journal=[[The International Spectator]] |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=97–110|doi=10.1080/03932720408457087 |s2cid=154835160 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Lindh married [[Bo Holmberg]] in 1991. Holmberg was [[List of Södermanland Governors|Governor of Södermanland]] (her home constituency for over 20 years). The couple had two sons, Filip and David.<ref name=Telegraph/>

==Assassination and aftermath==
On 10 September 2003, while shopping in the ladies' section of the [[Nordiska Kompaniet]] department store in central Stockholm for a televised debate later that night on the [[2003 Swedish euro referendum|referendum about Sweden's adoption of the euro]], Lindh was stabbed in the chest, abdomen and arms. At the time, she was not protected by bodyguards from the [[Swedish Security Service]]; this proved controversial, given the similarity between Lindh's murder and [[Assassination of Olof Palme|that of Prime Minister Olof Palme]] in 1986 (the first murder of a government member in modern Swedish history).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Delling|first=Hannes |url=https://www.svd.se/fallet-lindh-fick-sapo-att-tanka-om |title=Fallet Lindh fick Säpo att tänka om|date=10 September 2013|work=Svenska Dagbladet|access-date=6 March 2018 |language=Swedish|trans-title=The Lindh case got the Swedish Security Service to rethink|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306204008/https://www.svd.se/fallet-lindh-fick-sapo-att-tanka-om |archive-date=6 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

She was rushed to [[Karolinska University Hospital]], where she underwent surgery and blood transfusions for over nine hours. Lindh reportedly experienced severe internal bleeding and liver damage; her condition remained grave, although she appeared to have improved immediately after the surgery. An hour later, however, complications necessitated additional surgery; at 05:29 on 11 September 2003, she was pronounced dead. After a private briefing of her relatives and the government (and contradicting news coverage that she was alive in "grave" but "stable" condition), the announcement of her death made headlines across the European Union.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2003-09-11/sverige-och-varlden-i-chock---reaktioner-pa-lindhs-dod|title=Sverige och världen i chock - reaktioner på Lindhs död|date=11 September 2003|work=Sydsvenskan|access-date=6 March 2018 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Sweden and the world in shock - reactions to Lindh's death |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202726/https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2003-09-11/sverige-och-varlden-i-chock---reaktioner-pa-lindhs-dod|archive-date=6 March 2018|url-status=live }}</ref>

===Criminal investigation===
The murderer escaped after the crime; according to eyewitness accounts, his actions appeared deliberate and systematic. A phone number was set up for anyone who might know anything about the crime, and a massive manhunt (centred on Stockholm) was launched in Sweden. After two days, a photo of a man believed to be the murderer, taken by a camera on a floor above the murder scene, was leaked by Swedish newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish newspapers release photo of Lindh murder suspect |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-13/swedish-newspapers-release-photo-of-lindh-murder/1478230 |website=abc.net.au |date=13 September 2003}}</ref> Several items (pieces of clothing and a knife) believed to be connected with the murder were found outside the department store near a Stockholm metro station. At the crime scene, police obtained a handprint believed to be the killer's. Images of the suspect from the store's surveillance system were released by police and published on 13 and 14 September.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lindh killer suspect pics released |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/lindh-killer-suspect-pics-released-20030914-gdhe0d.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Photos Released In Swedish Killing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/15/world/photos-released-in-swedish-killing.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 September 2003}}</ref>

A man was apprehended on 16 September and detained as a suspect on "reasonable grounds" (the lowest level of suspicion),<ref>{{cite news |title=Suspect arrested for Lindh murder |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/9/16/suspect-arrested-for-lindh-murder |work=Al Jazeera |date=16 September 2003}}</ref> but was released a week later without charge.<ref name="guardiansep25">{{cite news |last1=Osborn |first1=Andrew |title=Swedes release Lindh suspect |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/25/thefarright.politics |work=The Guardian |date=25 September 2003}}</ref> On 24 September, the police announced that a suspect had been apprehended and arrested at a higher level of suspicion: "[[probable cause]]".<ref name="guardiansep25" /> He was subsequently identified as [[Mijailo Mijailović]] (born in Sweden to Serb parents). It was announced that Mijailović's [[genetic fingerprinting|DNA profile]] matched that of hairs on a baseball cap left at (or near) the scene of the crime, and he resembled the man filmed in the store where Lindh was attacked.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborn |first1=Andrew |title=Lindh killing suspect 'has record' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/27/andrewosborn |work=The Guardian |date=27 September 2003}}</ref>

After denying all involvement, Mijailović confessed to the crime on 6 January 2004, providing a full account of the events of 10 September during police questioning; his lawyer [[Peter Althin]] stated that it was a "random act" and not politically motivated.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suspect in Swedish murder makes surprise confession |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3899995 |work=NBC News |publisher=The Associated Press |date=7 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborn |first1=Andrew |title=Suspect tells lawyer he killed Swedish politician in random attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/08/andrewosborn |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2004}}</ref> He was found guilty in a trial held from 14 to 17 January 2004.  After a psychiatric evaluation he was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] on 23 March.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Ian |title=Life for killer of Anna Lindh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/24/ianblack |work=The Guardian |date=24 March 2004}}</ref> On 8 July, an appeals court overturned Mijailović's sentence (after tests concluded he was mentally ill at the time of the murder), and recommended he be transferred to a [[psychiatric ward]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Court overturns jail term for Lindh killer Mijailovic to go to psychiatric unit instead of serving life |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/court-overturns-jail-term-for-lindh-killer-mijailovic-to-go-to-psychiatric-unit-instead-of-serving-life-1.1148372 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=9 July 2004}}</ref> Prosecutors appealed to the [[Supreme Court of Sweden]], which reinstated his sentence to life imprisonment on 2 December of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lindh: life sentence confirmed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/03/1 |work=The Guardian |date=3 December 2004}}</ref> Mijailović renounced his Swedish citizenship, and has unsuccessfully requested to be transferred to Serbia. {{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Despite Lindh's popularity and the timing of the assassination, the murder was not considered a political act (although a newspaper found a picture of Mijailović listening to [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]] leader [[Lars Leijonborg]] in clothing similar to what he wore during the murder). Mijailović admitted that he found the speech "entertaining", but denied allegations that it influenced his actions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nylén |first=Susanne |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article187182.ab?service=print |title=Här möter mördaren Lars Leijonborg |date=13 January 2004 |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=Swedish |trans-title=Here the killer meets Lars Leijonborg |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019152515/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article187182.ab?service=print |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2011 interview with the newspaper ''[[Expressen]]'', Mijailović said he had "felt hatred of [all] politicians" at the time, he had been high on a hypnotic drug at the time, and it was "a coincidence" that his victim had been Lindh.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20110828/35814 |title=Anna Lindh killer breaks silence over murder |date=28 August 2011 |work=[[The Local]] |access-date=20 June 2016 |location=Sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620150543/http://www.thelocal.se/20110828/35814 |archive-date=20 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mijailović has received counselling and other support services since his imprisonment.

=== Reaction and legacy ===
[[File:Anna Lindh memorial.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Translucent, rectangular column at the bottom of a flight of steps|Anna Lindh memorial in Stockholm, marking the spot where she delivered her final speech]]
Lindh was an outspoken campaigner for Sweden to join the [[Eurozone]] in the referendum held on 14 September 2003. After the attack, all euro-campaign events were immediately cancelled. Television campaign advertisements were withdrawn, and all TV stations in Sweden halted commercials from the evening of the 10th through the 11th to help the [[public broadcasting ]] channels of [[Sveriges Television]] report news.

In a meeting on 12 September between Prime Minister Göran Persson and the leaders of the other political parties in the [[Riksdag]], it was decided that information and resources on the referendum's issues would remain fully available but no further political campaigning or debate would take place. Party leaders unanimously pledged support for the ballot as planned and to abide by its result. Despite speculation that sympathy for Lindh could influence voting, the referendum rejected the euro.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Ian |last2=Osborn |first2=Andrew |title=Lindh factor not enough to change minds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/15/euro.eu3 |work=The Guardian |date=15 September 2003}}</ref> Following her death, Junior Foreign Affairs Minister [[Jan O. Karlsson]] was appointed acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sweden Appoints New Foreign Minister, Replace Slain Anna Lindh |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/sweden-appoints-new-foreign-minister-replace-slain-anna-lindh |work=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |date=3 October 2003}}</ref> In October of that year, [[Laila Freivalds]] was appointed the successor to Lindh's cabinet post.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sweden appoints Lindh successor |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3161116.stm |work=BBC |date=3 October 2003}}</ref>

Several commemorative gatherings were held for Lindh throughout Sweden and through the [[Church of Sweden Abroad]] on 12 and 13 September. One gathering in the centre of Stockholm attracted tens of thousands of mourners.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyles |first1=Roger |title=Thousands rally to pay homage to Anna Lindh |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/thousands-rally-to-pay-homage-to-anna-lindh-cbrqnl8gq5v |work=[[The Times]] |date=13 September 2003}}</ref> A more formal commemoration was held at [[Stockholm City Hall]] on 19 September, at which [[King of Sweden]] [[Carl XVI Gustaf]], Prime Minister Göran Persson, [[Chris Patten]], [[Margot Wallström]], [[European Commission|European commission]]ers and the Swedish-speaking Greek Foreign Minister [[George Andreas Papandreou|George Papandreou]] spoke. [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Colin Powell]] was unable to attend due to travel difficulties, but sent condolences. Lindh was buried privately on 20 September at the Church of {{Interlanguage link|Ersta|sv|vertical-align=sup}} in Stockholm;<ref>{{cite news |title=Moving funeral for Lindh |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/moving-funeral-for-lindh-20030920 |work=news24 |date=20 September 2003}}</ref> her grave is in the cemetery of nearby [[Katarina Church]]. Thousands of roses and candles were placed at [[Rosenbad]] and outside the store where she was murdered. Abroad, hundreds of thousands of flowers and candles were left at Swedish embassies and consulates by mourners.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

In April 2004, Lindh posthumously received the "Statesman of the Year Award" from the [[EastWest Institute]], a trans-Atlantic [[think tank]] that organizes an annual security conference in [[Brussels]]. Room 50.4 on the fifth floor of the Justus Lipsius [[European Council]] building in Brussels was named the Anna Lindh Room in her honour, and committee room 1A 002 in the [[Espace Léopold#Buildings|Paul Henri Spaak building]] of the [[European Parliament]] in Brussels named the Anna Lindh Room in her memory.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

The Anna Lindh Professorship of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]] at [[Harvard University]], was established in her honour. Human rights advocate [[Samantha Power]] was the inaugural appointee in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gavel |first=D. |url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/09.14/24-power.html |title=Power named first Anna Lindh Professor |date=14 September 2006 |work=[[Harvard Gazette]] |access-date=1 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126003615/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/09.14/24-power.html |archive-date=26 January 2007}}</ref> The library at the [[Swedish National Defence College]] (''[[Government agencies in Sweden#Ministry of Defence|Försvarshögskolan]]'') is known as the Anna Lindh Library in her memory. On 11 September 2013, the tenth anniversary of Lindh's death was commemorated in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahlin |first=Mona |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5642583 |title=Ten years since the death of Anna Lindh |date=11 September 2013 |access-date=11 September 2013 |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |type=video |author-link=Mona Sahlin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101233012/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5642583 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Anna Lindh Memorial Fund ({{langx|sv|Anna Lindhs Minnesfond}}) gives an annual award, the Anna Lindh Prize, to a person or institution with "the courage to fight indifference, prejudice, oppression and injustices in order to promote a good life for all people in an environment marked by respect for human rights."<ref name="about">{{Cite web |url=http://www.annalindhsminnesfond.se/in_english/template.asp?contentID=3 |title=About the Memorial Fund |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807091840/http://www.annalindhsminnesfond.se/in_english/template.asp?contentID=3 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |access-date=13 May 2011}}</ref> The prize carries an award of [[Swedish krona|SEK]] 150,000. In addition, the fund makes grants, which "aim to encourage projects in Anna Lindh's spirit", of SEK 25,000 to Swedish individuals.<ref name="Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-prize/ |title=Anna Lindh-Prize |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011620/http://www.annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-prize/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Laureates are: [[Amira Hass]], journalist (Israel, 2004); [[Tostan]] and Anna Lindh Association (Senegal, 2005); Tatsiana Revjaka (Belarus, 2006); [[Khin Ohmar]] (Myanmar 2008);<ref name="BurmaNet">{{Cite news |url=http://www.burmanet.org/news/2008/06/02/deutsche-presse-agentur-myanmar-activist-wins-anna-lindh-prize/ |title=Burmanet " Deutsche Presse-Agentur: Myanmar activist wins Anna Lindh Prize |date=2 June 2008 |work=BurmaNet News |access-date=8 February 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223182554/http://www.burmanet.org/news/2008/06/02/deutsche-presse-agentur-myanmar-activist-wins-anna-lindh-prize/ |archive-date=23 February 2014 |agency=[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]]}}</ref> [[Mohamed Nasheed]] (Maldives, 2009); Jean Zaru (Palestine, 2010)<ref name="award 2010">{{Cite web |url=http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2010-jean-zaru-stiftelsen-expo-christer-mattson/ |title=Pristagare och stipendiater 2010 {{!}} Anna Lindhs Minnesfond |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |language=Swedish |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910013212/http://www.annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2010-jean-zaru-stiftelsen-expo-christer-mattson/ |archive-date=10 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FWCC">{{Cite news |year=2010 |title=FWCC-EMES: Jean Zaru receives the Anna Lindh Memorial Prize in Stockholm |url=http://www.fwccemes.org/news/charter-for-compassion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113519/http://www.fwccemes.org/news/charter-for-compassion |archive-date=23 February 2014 |access-date=8 February 2014 |publisher=[[Friends World Committee for Consultation]], Europe and Middle East Section}}</ref><ref name="The Friend">{{Cite web |last=Glover Frykman |first=Sue |date=22 June 2010 |title=The Friend - Jean Zaru wins justice award |url=http://thefriend.org/article/jean-zaru-wins-justice-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223223223/http://thefriend.org/article/jean-zaru-wins-justice-award/ |archive-date=23 February 2014 |access-date=8 February 2014 |publisher=[[the Friend (Quaker)|the Friend]] |location=London}}</ref> Centre for Liberian Assistance (Liberia, 2011);<ref name="award 2011">{{Cite web |url=http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2011-centre-for-liberian-assistance-united-sisters-rikskriscentrum-anna-thunes/ |title=Pristagare och stipendiater 2011 {{!}} Anna Lindhs Minnesfond |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |language=Swedish |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011629/http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2011-centre-for-liberian-assistance-united-sisters-rikskriscentrum-anna-thunes/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Center for Roma Initiatives (Montenegro, 2012);<ref name="award 2012">{{Cite web |url=http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2012-center-for-roma-initiatives-mitt-liv-konst-foer-tjejer/ |title=Pristagare och stipendiater 2012 {{!}} Anna Lindhs Minnesfond |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |language=Swedish |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011618/http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2012-center-for-roma-initiatives-mitt-liv-konst-foer-tjejer/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Madeleine Albright]] (United States, 2013);<ref name="award 2013">{{Cite web |url=http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2013-madeleine-albright-ella-pop-och-rocklinje-tjejzonen/ |title=Pristagare och stipendiater 2013 {{!}} Anna Lindhs Minnesfond |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |language=Swedish |access-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011625/http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2013-madeleine-albright-ella-pop-och-rocklinje-tjejzonen/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Radio Sweden">{{Cite news |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5635472 |title=Anna Lindh Prize 2013 goes to Madeleine Albright - Sveriges Radio |date=3 September 2013 |access-date=8 February 2014 |publisher=[[Radio Sweden]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152344/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5635472 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Leslee Udwin]] (United Kingdom, 2015);<ref name="award 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.government.se/articles/2015/09/ministers-received-filmmaker-leslee-udwin/ |title=Ministers received filmmaker Leslee Udwin |date=11 September 2015 |publisher=Government.se |access-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194443/http://www.government.se/articles/2015/09/ministers-received-filmmaker-leslee-udwin/ |archive-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Photos: Women">{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/Britishembassystockholm/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1172457922768782 |title=Photos: Women, development & Security with the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |date=2015 |publisher=[[British Embassy Stockholm]] |via=[[Facebook]] |access-date=10 October 2017 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209224836/https://www.facebook.com/pg/Britishembassystockholm/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1172457922768782 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Svitlana Zalishchuk]] (Ukraine, 2016)<ref name="award 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2016-svitlana-zalischuk-parlamentariker-fran-ukraina/ |title=2016: Svitlana Zalischuk, parlamentariker från Ukraina |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |language=Swedish |access-date=20 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221095958/http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2016-svitlana-zalischuk-parlamentariker-fran-ukraina/ |archive-date=21 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Mina Dennert]] (Sweden, 2017).<ref name="award 2017">{{Cite web |url=http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2017-mina-dennert/?photo=120 |title=Anna Lindh-Priset 2017: Mina Dennert |date=2017 |publisher=Anna Lindh Memorial Fund |language=Swedish |access-date=20 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212536/http://annalindhsminnesfond.se/anna-lindh-priset/pristagare-och-stipendiater/2017-mina-dennert/?photo=120 |archive-date=20 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures]]
* [[Government of Sweden]]
* [[Referendums in Sweden]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anna-lindh---foreign-minister-principled-politician-and-a-real-friend.aspx?pageID=438 "Foreign Minister, Principled Politician, and a Real Friend"]. (2016). Hurriyetdailynewscom. Retrieved 16 May 2016
* Pantti, M. (2005). Mourning Olof Palme and Anna Lindh in Finnish Newspapers. Finnish Newspapers, 6(3), 357-377
* {{SKBL|name=Ylva Anna Maria Lindh}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Anna Lindh}}
* [http://www.euromedalex.org/ Website of the Anna Lindh Foundation]

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