Elisabet Lann

Elisabet Lann

Minister for Health Care

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

”Focused on the patients’ best interests, we must step up efforts to shorten waiting times, enhance primary care and make health care more equitable across the country through clearer state governance.”

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  • US–Sweden Cancer Summit focuses on closer cooperation

    A woman in a blazer delivers a speech. Behind her stand a Swedish flag and an American flag.
    State Secretary Michaela Hollis was one of the opening speakers at the meeting. She presented the cancer strategy adopted by the government in January this year and also outlined the government’s cancer-related work during the current term of office, in which the international perspective has been important. Photo: Albin Håkansson

    On 9 June, leading researchers, decision-makers, healthcare actors and patient organisations from Sweden and the US gathered in Stockholm for the US–Sweden Cancer Summit 2026: Metastasis – from mechanism to cure.

  • Ministerial visit to Ukraine focused on health care and situation for women

    Minister for Gender Equality Nina Larsson and Minister for Health Care Elisabet Lann stand at a memorial site in Ukraine, viewing rows of small Ukrainian flags, photographs, flowers and banners commemorating fallen soldiers, with buildings and traffic in the background.
    Minister for Gender Equality Nina Larsson and Minister for Health Care Elisabet Lann pay tribute to fallen soldiers in Ukraine. Photo: Kasper Averbrand/Government Offices

    On 11–13 May, Minister for Health Care Elisabet Lann and Minister for Gender Equality Nina Larsson visited Kyiv and Lviv. The aim of their visit was to gain insight into Ukraine’s health and medical care and the situation for women during Russia’s full-scale invasion.

  • Egypt visit characterised by impactful meetings and deepened cooperation

    A meeting room where delegates are seated around a large conference table. Swedish and Egyptian flags stand behind two speakers at the front, and plants decorate the centre of the table
    Meeting with Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar. Photo: Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt

    For several intensive February days in Cairo, Minister for Health Care Elisabet Lann met with organisers and actors that care for severely injured patients from Gaza on a daily basis. The trip provided a deeper understanding of the extensive work being done and how Swedish initiatives are contributing.

Elisabet Lann new Minister for Health Care

Today, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson presented the Statement of Government Policy in the Riksdag and announced the ministers that make up the Government. Elisabet Lann in the new Minister for Health Care.

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