Anna-Maja Henriksson

{{Short description|Finnish politician (born 1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Anna-Maja Henriksson

| image = 1718869907764 20240619 HENRIKSSON Anna-Maja FI 005.jpg

| caption = Henriksson in 2024

| office = Member of the European Parliament

| term_start = 16 July 2024

| term_end =

| constituency = Finland

| office1 = Minister of Education

| term_start1 = 20 June 2023

| term_end1 = 5 July 2024{{Cite web | title=RKP vaihtaa ministereitä ensi perjantaina |publisher=yle.fi |work=yle |date=1 July 2024 |access-date=2 July 2024 |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20097312 }}

| primeminister1 = Petteri Orpo

| predecessor1 = Li Andersson

| successor1 = Anders Adlercreutz

| office2 = Minister of Justice

| term_start2 = 6 June 2019

| term_end2 = 20 June 2023

| primeminister2 = Antti Rinne
Sanna Marin

| predecessor2 = Antti Häkkänen

| successor2 = Leena Meri

| term_start3 = 22 June 2011

| term_end3 = 29 May 2015

| primeminister3 = Jyrki Katainen
Alexander Stubb

| predecessor3 = Tuija Brax

| successor3 = Jari Lindström

| office4 = Leader of the Swedish People's Party

| term_start4 = 12 June 2016

| term_end4 = 16 June 2024

| predecessor4 = Carl Haglund

| successor4 = Anders Adlercreutz

| birth_name = Anna-Maja Kristina Forss

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jakobstad, Ostrobothnia, Finland

| party = Swedish People's

| spouse = Janne Henriksson

| residence =

| alma_mater =

| website = [http://www.anna-maja.fi/ Official website]

| children = 2

| office5 = Member of the Parliament of Finland

| term_start5 = 21 March 2007

| term_end5 = 15 July 2024

| successor5 = Christoffer Ingo

}}

Anna-Maja Kristina Henriksson (née Forss; born 7 January 1964) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. She has served as Finland's Minister of Justice, in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet and Alexander Stubb's cabinet from 2011 to 2015,{{cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/v9l/9 |title=Council of State - Ministers of Justice |publisher=Valtioneuvosto.fi |accessdate=27 December 2017 }}{{ cite news|accessdate=18 June 2011 |url=http://www.sfp.fi/fi/etusivu/#article-3858-7077-wallinista-ja-henrikssonista-uudet-ministerit |title=Wallinista ja Henrikssonista uudet ministerit |publisher=RKP |date=18 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123910/http://www.sfp.fi/fi/etusivu/ |archive-date=21 July 2011 }} {{in lang|fi}} Antti Rinne's cabinet from June to December 2019 and in Sanna Marin's cabinet from December 2019 to June 2023.{{cite web |url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/rinne/ministers |title=Government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne |publisher=Finnish Government |accessdate=9 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606112736/https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/rinne/ministers |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11108950 |publisher=Yle |language= fi |accessdate=11 December 2019 |date=9 December 2019}} Henriksson was recorded to have been the country's longest-serving Minister of Justice.{{cite news |title=Anna-Maja Henrikssonista tulee tänään pitkäaikaisin oikeusministeri |trans-title=Anna-Maja Henriksson becomes the longest-serving Minister of Justice today |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-12690545 |access-date=4 June 2023 |publisher=Yle |date=4 June 2023 |language=fi}}

She has been a member of the Parliament of Finland from 2007–2024, vice-chairperson of the Swedish People's Party of Finland 2010–2016 and chairperson of the Swedish Parliamentary Group 2015–2016.{{Eduskunta|941}}{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2015052619756215|title=Anna-Maja Henriksson RKP:n eduskuntaryhmän johtoon|publisher=Iltalehti|date=26 May 2015|access-date=14 June 2016}}

On 12 June 2016, Henriksson was elected as the leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland becoming the first female leader for the party.{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1465696816216|title=Anna-Maja Henriksson valittiin Rkp:n puheenjohtajaksi – "Me teimme sen. Me rikoimme lasikaton!"|publisher=Helsingin sanomat|date=12 June 2016|accessdate=12 June 2016}} She was re-elected as the party's chair in May 2021 without facing any opposition.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/spp_re-elects_anna-maja_henriksson_as_chair/11955435|title=SPP re-elects Anna-Maja Henriksson as chair}} She led the party in joining the right-wing coalition government led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party and the Finns Party following the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election. On 27 February 2024, Henriksson announced that she would not seek another term as party leader at the party's conference in June{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20076596 |title=Swedish People's Party chair Henriksson to step down as party support slumps |work=Yle |date=27 February 2024}} and was later replaced by Anders Adlercreutz.

Henriksson is married to Janne Henriksson since 1991. The couple has two children.{{Cite web|title=Personporträtt - Anna-Maja Henriksson|url=https://www.anna-maja.fi/sve/personportratt/|access-date=4 July 2020|website=www.anna-maja.fi}}