The minister has been operated on for breast cancer

Nina Larsson expected to receive a digital confirmation that everything looked fine after the mammogram, but a couple of weeks later a physical letter landed on the hall carpet.

- When I was informed that follow-up investigations would be carried out, it is clear that you expect the worst, says Nina Larsson to the newspaper.

The tests showed it was cancer – a diagnosis that the minister initially kept to himself.

- I needed to process it myself. It is a very serious illness, she says.

- The hardest thing was probably telling my children and my parents.

Simona Mohamsson (L) also found out early and according to Nina Larsson, the party leader has been a great support.

The tumor has now been surgically removed and she is waiting for an answer about what the further treatment will look like.