Magdalena Andersson has been confirmed as Sweden's first female prime minister.
Sweden's parliament has voted to confirm Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson as the country's first ever woman prime minister.
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Andersson's confirmation on Wednesday ends weeks of uncertainty about who would lead the country.
A former finance minister, Andersson faces an immediate crisis with the government's budget bill likely heading for defeat in a vote later on Wednesday.
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