Anna Elsa Gunilla Ekström, née Jonsson (born 23 June 1959), is a Swedish

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politician who served as Minister for Education from January 2019 to October 2022. She previously served as the Minister for Upper Secondary School, Adult Education and Training from 2016 to 2019 and as

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of the National Agency for Education from 2011 to 2016. In 2015, she, along with

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, participated in the SVT show

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; they placed second overall. She is the daughter of former

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(1989–1994) Torsten Jonsson and his wife Birgitta Jonsson (born Gyllenhammar), a cousin of Swedish businessman Pehr G. Gyllenhammar. Her brother is former

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state secretary Håkan Jonsson.

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