Johansson has been described as the “left wing of the Social Democrats.” In March 2018, Johansson appeared on the "BBC", where she claimed that the number of reported rapes and sexual harassment cases in Sweden “is going down and going down and going down.” Johansson later apologized and admitted that the opposite is true. Johansson has two children with her former husband Bo Hammar and a son with Erik Åsbrink. She an honorary member of Hammarby football club.