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Meet Nane Annan- The wife Kofi found in an artist, lawyer

Kofi and Nane [Courtesy]

Nane Lagergren Annan married Kofi 34 years ago after they first met in Geneva. Nane was working- in the same office with Kofi- at the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as a legal officer.

Born in October 1944, Nane is a Swedish lawyer and a maternal half-niece of Raoul Wallenberg, a renowned Swedish humanitarian, diplomat and businessman who helped thousands of Jews escape from the Nazis during the World War II.

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