Anna Lindh död
Sep. 11th, 2003 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoThat's the headline at Dagens Nyheter.
Ms. Lindh was the Foreign Minister -- Utrikesminister -- of Sweden.
The BBC's main story on this may be be read here.
The Beeb is also running a page of testimonials from readers to Lindh. This is what I sent in:
"I cannot fully explain why this death -- shocking and senseless though it is -- upsets me so much.
My wife is originally from Sweden, so I follow Swedish events more than many Americans. I've been to Sweden twice, and have in-laws there. The death of Ms. Lindh seems... as personal as her own approach to public life.
Her death is a loss to her family, her country, and the world. I can only grieve, and offer what comfort to Swedes I may."
The BBC also have a "Life In Pictures" page. Most haunting to me is image #2, which shows Lindh and Olof Palme, seated. Palme, Prime Minister, was the previous public figure killed in Sweden, in 1986.
...and that's it from me, for now.
Ms. Lindh was the Foreign Minister -- Utrikesminister -- of Sweden.
The BBC's main story on this may be be read here.
The Beeb is also running a page of testimonials from readers to Lindh. This is what I sent in:
"I cannot fully explain why this death -- shocking and senseless though it is -- upsets me so much.
My wife is originally from Sweden, so I follow Swedish events more than many Americans. I've been to Sweden twice, and have in-laws there. The death of Ms. Lindh seems... as personal as her own approach to public life.
Her death is a loss to her family, her country, and the world. I can only grieve, and offer what comfort to Swedes I may."
The BBC also have a "Life In Pictures" page. Most haunting to me is image #2, which shows Lindh and Olof Palme, seated. Palme, Prime Minister, was the previous public figure killed in Sweden, in 1986.
...and that's it from me, for now.
