Background
Bah grew up in Horda in Småland, Sweden with her Gambian father and Swedish mother.
journalist politician Minister for Culture
Bah grew up in Horda in Småland, Sweden with her Gambian father and Swedish mother.
She went to a track and field athletics oriented high school in Växjö, and was one of the country"s best female sprinter runners in the late 1980s, with 200 meters being her speciality. Her television career began in 1992 with SVT"s Disney Club. Between 1998 and 1999, she had her own talk show at TV4 and many other television assignments including current events show Kalla fakta.
After she left television to study political science, and has, among other things, been Director of the Department Ideas for life at insurance giant Skandia.
In 2004–2007 she worked as Secretary General of fair trade organization Rättvisemärkt. In September 2009 she started as the Environmental and Corporate social responsibility manager at ÅF. Alongside her job at ÅF, she also serves as a board member for internet consultancy firm Doberman.
In October 2014 she was appointed the head of Ministry of Culture in the Löfven Cabinet.
Green Party]
On October 3 she was elected to Minister of culture in the Löfven Cabinet, just three days after becoming member of Miljöpartiet (the Green Party of Sweden). She was a member of the Swedish Church synod 2006–2010, member of the Board of Dramaten Theatre, as well as Vice President of Young Men’s Christian Association-Young Women’s Christian Association Sweden.