Anna Ekström

Anna Elsa Gunilla Ekström (née Jonsson; born 23 June 1959) is a Swedish Social Democrat 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^[1] and as director-general of the National Agency for Education from 2011 to 2016.

Anna Ekström
Minister for Education
In office 21 January 2019 – 18 October 2022
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven Magdalena Andersson
Preceded by	Gustav Fridolin
Succeeded by	Mats Persson
Minister for Upper Secondary School, Adult Education and Training
In office 13 September 2016 – 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Aida Hadzialic
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-23) 23 June 1959 (age 66) Mora, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouse	Lars Ekström
Children	2
Alma mater	Stockholm University
Occupation	Jurist, politician

In 2015, she, along with Göran Hägglund, participated in the SVT show På spåret; they placed second overall.^[2]

She is the daughter of former Prosecutor-General of Sweden (1989–1994) Torsten Jonsson and Birgitta Jonsson (née Gyllenhammar), a cousin of Swedish businessman Pehr G. Gyllenhammar. Her brother is former Liberal Party state secretary Håkan Jonsson.