Overview

• Elisabet Lann fainted on stage during her first-day press event, hours after being appointed following Acko Ankarberg Johansson’s resignation.
• Footage shows her toppling a translucent podium as colleagues and journalists rushed to help, with Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch placing her in the recovery position and calls for an ambulance reported.
• She returned briefly and told attendees the faint was due to low blood sugar, after which the planned briefing and Q&A were canceled.
• The government has not issued an official medical update or confirmed whether she received treatment, though reports said she did not appear seriously injured.
• Video of the incident spread widely online as Lann’s initial public duties were put on hold.