THIS is the shocking moment when a Swedish minister collapsed on stage during a press conference.

A viral video captured the split second when the country's new health minister passed out in front of horrified onlookers.

The incident unfolded on the very same day Elisabet Lann was appointed to the post.

Lann was filmed standing at her podium for a press conference alongside Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

To start with, nothing seems out of the ordinary as the news briefing gets underway.

But it quickly transpires that not all is well for Lann as her colleagues speak on either side of her.

She collapses forward in a split second, sending her podium crashing down as she falls.

Her alarmed colleagues immediately rush to her aid as the horrifying incident occurs.

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