Story highlights Swedish FM is backing Clinton over Sanders, she says in new interview with CNN

Sanders frequently refers to Sweden as a model for his "democratic socialist" economic plan

(CNN) Bernie Sanders has been sweet on Sweden for a long time, but a top official from the Scandinavian nation isn't returning the love.

In an interview Wednesday with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström said she has a favorite in the race and it's not Sanders. She's rooting for Hillary Clinton to win the White House.

Asked if she hoped that Clinton would prevail, Wallström responded: "Yeah, I have to admit I do."

Sanders often cites Sweden, with its robust welfare state, as a model for the "political revolution" he is seeking to launch in the United States.

"I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway," he said during the first Democratic debate in October, "and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people."

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