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Swedish MP Katja Nyberg suspected of drunk driving

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Swedish MP Katja Nyberg suspected of drunk driving
Key Points
  • Katja Nyberg stopped by police in December 2025, suspected of drunk driving and drug offenses.
  • Driver's license revoked after blood test showed drugs; alcohol level was 0.12 per mille.
  • Nyberg left Sweden Democrats but remains MP; dismissed from oversight councils.

The Swedish Transport Agency revoked Nyberg's driver's license after analysis showed drugs in her blood. 12 per mille alcohol in her blood at the time of the stop, according to the agency's decision. Nyberg left the Sweden Democrats after the incident but remains in parliament as an independent.

The Sweden Democrats urged her to leave her seat, which she refused, according to group leader Linda Lindberg. Nyberg has been dismissed from her assignments on oversight councils for the Swedish Security Service, the police, and the Special Investigations Council. Her employer, the Police Authority, has requested that she be dismissed from her police employment, citing gross neglect of duties, according to Johan Olsson, head of Noa.

The police confiscated your driver's license on December 28, 2025, due to suspicion of drunk driving with alcohol and/or drugs in your blood, on the same day. The analysis report shows that there were drugs in your blood. You also had 0.12 per mille of alcohol in your blood.

Swedish Transport Agency, Government agency

Nyberg is a criminal inspector and was on leave while serving as an MP. Nyberg has admitted to driving the car but denies any crime. se, prosecutor Anders Jakobsson described the incident as no wildlife collision, saying she swerved for a small animal like a rat.

Nyberg has accused the media of conducting a public character assassination. Prosecutor Anders Jakobsson has not yet decided whether to press charges and is awaiting further analysis. A small bag of white powder was found in her handbag, but its analysis is pending.

It was no wildlife collision. As far as I understand, she swerved for something small, a rat or something. It was no deer, moose, or anything else.

Anders Jakobsson, Chief Prosecutor

It remains unclear whether Nyberg will be charged with drug offenses and whether she will lose her police employment.

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