Anna-Maja Kristina Henriksson (née Forss; born 7 January 1964) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. She has served as Finland's Minister of Justice, in

Jyrki Katainen's cabinet The Katainen Cabinet (—June 24, 2014) was the 72nd cabinet of Finland, formed as a result of the 2011 post-parliamentary election negotiations between the Finnish parliamentary parties. Led by Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen of the National Coalit ...

and

Alexander Stubb's cabinet The Stubb Cabinet was the 73rd Government of Finland, which stepped into office on 24 June 2014. It succeeded Jyrki Katainen's cabinet. The cabinet's prime minister was Alexander Stubb. In September 2014, the Green League announced its departure ...

from 2011 to 2015, Antti Rinne's cabinet from June to December 2019 and currently in Sanna Marin's

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since December 2019. She has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2007, vice-chairperson of the

Swedish People's Party of Finland The Swedish People's Party of Finland ( sv, Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP); fi, Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP)) is a political party in Finland aiming to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finland ...

2010–2016 and chairperson of the Swedish Parliamentary Group 2015–2016. On 12 June 2016, Henriksson was elected as the leader of the

becoming the first female leader for the party. She was re-elected as the party's chair in May 2021 without facing any opposition. Henriksson is married to Janne Henriksson since 1991. The couple has two children.

Awards and honours

FIN_Order_of_the_White_Rose_Commander_BAR

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of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (Finland, 2015)

References

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