Anna Elsa Gunilla Ekström (; born 23 June 1959) is a Swedish

Social Democrat Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

politician who served as

Minister for Education An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and deli ...

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

director-general A director general, general director or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''general directors'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals'') is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer ...

of the National Agency for Education from 2011 to 2016. In 2015, she, along with Göran Hägglund, participated in the SVT show ''

På spåret ''På spåret'' () is a popular Swedish TV game show series broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2 ...

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

Prosecutor-General of Sweden The Prosecutor-General of Sweden () is the department head for the Swedish Prosecution Authority responsible for the daily operations, the highest-ranked prosecutor in the country, and the only public prosecutor in the Supreme Court of Sweden, Supr ...

(1989–1994)

Torsten Jonsson Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' (''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old Swe ...

and Birgitta Jonsson (née

Gyllenhammar Gyllenhammar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cecilia Gyllenhammar (born 1961), Swedish author * Charlotte Gyllenhammar (born 1963), Swedish artist * Pehr Gyllenhammar (1901–1988), Swedish insurance company executive * ...

), a cousin of Swedish businessman

Pehr G. Gyllenhammar Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (28 April 1935 – 21 November 2024) was a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Ta ...

. Her brother is former

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state secretary

Håkan Jonsson Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse ''Hákon''. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" fr ...

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Living people 1959 births Women government ministers of Sweden Ministers for education of Sweden People from Mora, Sweden {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub