Sweden forever changed after murder of its foreign minister Anna Lindh

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STOCKHOLM (AFP) — More than just a gifted politician, Anna Lindh was seen as a unique human being, and her sudden death in September deeply shocked the political establishment and ordinary Swedes alike.

Swedes could breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday that the case will apparently be concluded with surprising speed following the confession by 25-year-old Mijailo Mijailovic, yet the void left behind by Lindh, who had been tipped to become the Swedish prime minister one day, will not be filled anytime soon.

Months after Lindh died of her wounds on September 11, the outpouring of national grief has continued with a persistence that Sweden has not seen since the 1986 assassination of its then-prime minister Olof Palme.

At home as abroad, Lindh, the 46-year-old...