Sanna Marin: Finland's Young Prime Minister

Sanna Marin through the eyes of her inner circle: how did she become an international superstar with 1 million followers on Instagram

✓  The first book about "The Dancing Prime Minister" Sanna Marin, to be published in Finland by WSOY on October 15,  2024! International edition soon available!

✓  This new book, written by the award-winning Finnish journalist Salla Vuorikoski, reveals what kind of leader Sanna Marin truly was!

In December 2019, a dramatic government crisis catapulted Sanna Marin to become the youngest Prime Minister in the world. Soon she was to lead a country whose inner and outer security would be threatened by a serious pandemic and Russia's war on Ukraine.

The outspoken Prime Minister garnered both admiration and spite. For some, Marin's unconventional stance towards the ministerial institution was too much to bear. At the end of her term, the young social democrat from Tampere had grown to become an international superstar for whom Finland was too small and stifling.

This biography details how Marin became a liberal symbol, an opponent of right-wing populism, and a role model for the world's young women. Readers learn in-depth about her passionate support of Ukraine, along with a dive into the history of Finland’s former prime minister who joined a group of former leading politicians turned global consultants and speakers as part of an international network of leadership.

Salla Vuorikoski, a team lead of the investigative journalism unit at Finland's largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, has amassed an extensive amount of information and interviewed dozens of political insiders and individuals close to Marin.

This book tells the story of what happened behind closed doors. What kind of leader was Sanna Marin? How did she change during her tumultuous ministerial years, and how did she become an international superstar?

"In the final part of the book, Vuorikoski lets herself go. She gives an interesting and comprehensive assessment of Marin's transformation from prime minister and left-wing democrat to international celebrity with a huge social media following.”

- Heikki Vento, Suomen Kuvalehti