Sweden elects first female Prime Minister — for the second time in a week

Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden's first woman Prime Minister for a few hours before resigning because a budget defeat made a coalition partner quit, was on Monday elected again as head of Government.

In a 101 -173 vote with 75 abstentions, the 349-seat Riksdag elected Ms. Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, as Prime Minister.

She will form a one-party, minority Government. The Cabinet is expected to be named on Tuesday.

Formally, she will be installed following an audience with King Carl XVI Gustav, Sweden's figurehead monarch. “It feels good and I am eager to start,” Ms. Andersson said of her appointment.