Mikkelsen was charged in November 2024 and admitted guilt, according to official sources. His family, through lawyer Mette Yvonne Larsen, alleges he was excluded from positions without a formal decision, kept out of meetings, and that the parliament leaked information to the media. They also claim 129 pages of sensitive health information were published in a public journal and that Mikkelsen was illegally deprived of salary and access rights.
The control committee's secretariat has proposed allocating 750,000 kroner for an external investigation. Chair Toril Bakken Kåven said the committee would decide on the proposal, calling the case "painful and sad." Separately, the control committee criticized parliament leadership for illegal use of funds, specifically loan guarantees to the Várdobáiki museum, which it said violated financial rules and the Constitution. The Nordkalottfolket party has also demanded an investigation into whether the parliament director illegally received payment for travel time and approved her own car rental bills.
What the control committee chooses to do, we must take a position on then.
This is a painful and sad case, and it had a terrible outcome. We will do our best to handle this case with the respect it deserves.
There are so many aspects to this case that one needs to get an external investigation to go through all those aspects. The resources and money to do an external investigation, we do not have that as of today, and therefore we must request the Sami Parliament to get money to do it.
A recommendation has been submitted that gives criticism almost on par with the Office of the Auditor General. We propose that the case be sent to the plenary for final processing.