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.