She stared down Russian threats, but remains famous for a shimmy

by · Australian Financial Review

Amelia Nierenberg

When Sanna Marin became prime minister of Finland in 2019, she was at 34 the world’s youngest sitting prime minister and had a toddler at home. She also successfully led her country through extraordinarily trying times, keeping the death toll low during the coronavirus pandemic and shepherding Finland to join NATO’s ranks after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

So it infuriates her that more than two years after she left office, she is still better known for her dance moves. Leaked videos of her partying with friends, shimmying and vamping for the camera like a teenager, set off a scandal in 2022.

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