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Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who has been killed at the age of 46, was one of the country's most popular politicians

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She was a Social Democrat, just like Olof Palme (left) the Swedish prime minister assassinated in 1986

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Ms Lindh was an accessible politician in the Swedish style, pictured here at her holiday home in Dalarna

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She was also a dedicated mother, pictured here in 1994 with her husband and two sons Filip and Daniel

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Her joie de vivre shines forth from many photographs - here she gets into the swing of a banquet with husband Bo Holmberg

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In the last week of her life she was helping to lead the campaign for a Yes-vote in Sunday's referendum on the euro currency

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In her ministerial career she mixed with Europe's great and good - here the Russian and French foreign ministers

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Amid the pomp and ceremony, there were also lighter moments - as here with the Swedish and French leaders

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Her life came to an end hours after she was stabbed repeatedly in a Stockholm department store