Finnish PM Sanna Marin says she took a drug test after party video flap

The Finnish leader who puts the “p.m.” in prime minister says she took a drug test following video that shows her partying late into the evening.

Sanna Marin, 36, insists she did “nothing illegal” Friday while telling reporters she’d submitted to a test that’s results should be back in a week. Marin, along with a handful of revelers including Finnish singer Alma, was seen dancing and singing on video posted online Wednesday, which quickly went viral.

Local reports claim someone was heard referencing “cocaine” in the background, though the prime minister insisted from the start she did not partake in drug use.

“Just for the sake of the discussion in public, it would be wise if the Prime Minister @MarinSanna voluntarily went through a drug screening, the results of which would be made public by an independent body,” parliament member Mikko Karna suggested on Twitter Wednesday.

“I have danced, sung, celebrated, done legal things,” Marin defended.

Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki on Friday.
Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki on Friday.


Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki on Friday. (Roni Rekomaa/)

On Friday, new video seeming to show Marin dancing closely with 39-year-old Finnish pop-star Olavia Uusiviruta popped up on the northern European tabloid Sieska. The “Raivo Härkä” singer wrote on Instagram that he and the prime minister are just friends and claimed “nothing inappropriate has happened between us.”

Marin told reporters Friday she was not aware of any drug use taking place during the night in question and insists she only consumed a reasonable amount of alcohol. Sieska said party footage making the rounds is from an Aug. 6 night out that took place in more than one venue and lasted well into the morning. Marin, who is married and has a 4-year-old daughter, said she has no recollection of Uusiviruta kissing her neck, which has been alleged.

The Helsinki native joined her nation’s parliament in 2015 and became prime minister in 2019.

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