Sweden’s first female prime minister returns after a week

Magdalena Andersson was reappointed prime minister by the Swedish parliament on Monday. That writing Swedish media. Andersson is Sweden’s first female prime minister and will lead a government composed only of her own party.

The social democrat resigned just hours after her appointment last week after the budget of the two-party coalition with the Greens did not receive sufficient support in parliament. The Greens subsequently withdrew from the coalition. Andersson then expressed the wish for a minority government composed only of the Social Democrats.

In Sweden, a minority government is possible, as long as a majority of the parliament does not explicitly vote against it. The parliament has 349 seats. On Monday, 101 MPs voted for Andersson and her minority government — 173 against, 75 abstained.