In December, 34-year-old Social Democrat Sanna Marin was sworn in as prime minister, heading a coalition and a national cabinet dominated by women.
She is the youngest serving premier in the world, mother to a toddler, and heads a coalition of four other parties that are all led by women. Three of them, like her, are under 40.
Marin is expected to be elected Leader of the Social Democratic Party in June.
The woman-dominated cabinet is unprecedented, even in a Nordic nation that prides itself on gender equality, and goes further than even Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, who ensured a 50/50 gender balance in his cabinet since he became that nation's leader in 2015.
Pictured, left to right: Li Andersson (Leader of the Left Alliance,) Katri Kulmuni (Leader of the Centre Party,) Sanna Marin and Maria Ohisalo (Leader of the Green League) (L-to-R)
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