Anna Håkansson is a former history and languages teacher, with an additional special interest in art. Although she started her career in tourism, by working at the Tourist Office in Stockholm back in the early '90s, today she works as a qualified tour guide in her beautiful hometown of Stockholm. She also gives tours in the Swedish parliament, where she interacts with a mixed bundle of international and national state officials and pupils from Sweden.

In her spare time, Anna works with a Swedish public authority, The Living History Forum, which is commissioned to work with issues related to tolerance, democracy and human rights. She has also studied abroad and is fluent in English and Spanish.