Sweden Health Minister Elisabet Lann Collapses on Stage After Taking Office, just hours after stepping into her new role. The 48-year-old fainted during a live press conference on Tuesday while standing beside Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and party leader Ebba Busch.
Footage shared on social media showed Lann listening to a colleague before suddenly leaning forward, hitting a lectern, and falling to the floor. Busch rushed to her side as officials and journalists gathered to help. Security personnel assisted her, and after a few moments, she regained consciousness.
Sweden Health Minister Elisabet Lann Collapses on Stage After Taking Office but later returned to explain what happened. “This was not exactly a normal Tuesday, and this is what can happen when you have a blood sugar drop,” she said with a smile. She exited the room shortly afterward but appeared to recover without serious harm.
The briefing ended early, with the Q&A cancelled. Lann had been appointed Health Minister the same day after Acko Ankarberg Johansson resigned on Monday. A long-time Christian Democrats member, Lann previously served as a councillor in Gothenburg and deputy director in the Cabinet Office.
