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Annika Söder
Karin Annika Bjurner Söder (born 1955) is a Swedish diplomat and politician representing the Swedish Social Democratic Party. From 2014 to 2019, she served as Sweden's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), State Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In February 2020, she was appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to collaborate with a UN group on peace building and in January 2021, she was engaged by OSCE chair Ann Linde as her special representative for the South Caucasus. On 18 January 2023, with ministerial backing from Germany and Sweden, she became a member of the International Commission on Inclusive Peace. Early life Born on 22 June 1955, Karin Annika Bjurner Söder is the daughter of the politician and Karin Söder, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Foreign Affairs 1976–1978. She lives in Stockholm and is married to the diplomat . From 1974 to 1976, she attended the Stockholm School of Journalism, specializing in French language and law a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Söder - June 2016 (cropped)
Annika is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It is a Sweden, Swedish hypocorism, diminutive for Anna (name), Anna, derived in the 15th century from Anneke, a Dutch and Northern Germanic diminutive of Anna. Swedish-born retired professional golfer Annika Sörenstam is a well-known bearer of the name. It is also a name that was in use for African Americans, Black women in the mid- to late 1800s in the United States, according to census records. The name might have unknown origins in an African language, be a short form of another name such as Angelica (given name), Angelica, or be a combination of other names such as Anna and Monica (given name), Monica. Anika is a spelling variant. It is also common in Germany, Finland and Estonia as well as in Sweden, gaining popularity after 1969 from the character of that name in the Pippi Longstocking (1969 TV series), ''Pippi Longstocking'' TV series, Pippi Longstocking (1969 film), film and Pippi Longstock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
