Swedish PM Andersson resigns on first day, to seek new support

Current Finance Minister and Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson attends a press conference after being appointed as the country's new Prime Minister following a voting at the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm, Sweden November 24, 2021. Andersson is the first ever Swedish female prime minister. Erik Simander /TT News Agency/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Newly-elected Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigned on Wednesday just hours after she was appointed, when her coalition partner, the Greens, quit the government.

"I have told the speaker that I wish to resign as prime minister," Andersson told reporters at a news conference.