Finland’s ‘party PM’ Sanna Marin undergoes drug test after being filmed dancing intimately with star

The married mother-of-one, 36, has been drug tested after being seen in a nightclub in Helsinki at around 4am, with her arms around Finnish singer Olavi Uusivirta.

Finland’s ‘party PM’ Sanna Marin has undergone a drug test after been filmed dancing closely with a man in a nightclub.

The 36-year-old married mother-of-one was seen in Klubi nightclub in Helsinki at around 4am on August 7, with her arms around a man named locally as Finnish singer Olavi Uusivirta.

It’s the second embarrassing clip to emerge of Mrs Marin in recent days, after a previous clip of her partying hard led to calls for her to take a drug test.

Someone in the earlier video is heard shouting “flour gang”, with “flour" a nickname for cocaine in Finland.

Mrs Marin has denied using drugs and has now taken a drug test, with the results expected in the coming days.

In the latest video, the young world leader can be seen swaying with Uusivirta as he places his hands on his lower back and moves his face close to the prime minister’s neck.

A new video of Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s “party scandal” appeared in Finland today.

Seiska writes that Marin, who is married and has been in that relationship for 18 years, was seen in many questionable situations.

Iltalehti has a sound expert confirming “flour-gang”. pic.twitter.com/Nj5A71R8Rd

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 19, 2022

The Finnish PM let down her hair in the party clip

Sanna Marin was seen dancing closely with a man

One witness at Klubi claimed Mrs Marin, who has been married to husband Markus Raikkonen since August 2020, was seen dancing with three men.

“She also sat on the laps of two different men. She placed her hand next to one man and he held her gently by the arm,” the bystander told Finish outlet Seiska.

Ms Marin was seen dancing with friends

Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin answers journalists' questions. (Photo by Matias HONKAMAA / LEHTIKUVA / AFP)

Another said: “My friends and I wondered if she is really still married. The ring still seemed to be there.”

Mrs Marin is said to have left the club at 4.30am and sounded somewhat hoarse during interviews the next day.

The PM has voiced her disappointment at people who leaked the clips of her letting her hair down, and said she should be able to relax like anyone else.

But her critics say her job is too important to be spending time partying, particularly when Finland is at loggerheads with its neighbour Russia over its bid to join NATO.

Mrs Marin gave an interview on Friday in which she revealed she has taken a drug test to prove her critics wrong.

“I did nothing illegal”, she said.

“Even in my teenage years I have not used any kind of drugs.”

Reporters asked her if she would have been able to make a snap decision, if something had come up while she was at the club.

“I don’t remember a single time that there was a sudden situation in the middle of the night to go to the State Council Palace.,” she shot back.

“I think my ability to function was really good. There were no known meetings on the days I was partying.

“I trust that people understand that leisure time and work time can be separated.”

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has come under criticism after a video of her partying was leaked. Source: @visegrad24/Twitter

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin (front left) party with friends

Mrs Marin says she should be able to let her hair down occasionally

In the first video, which emerged earlier this week, Mrs Marin is seen drinking with a group of friends, dancing and singing to songs by Finnish rapper Petri Nygård and pop singer Antti Tuisku.

Several Finnish public figures can be seen in the video including the singer Alma, influencer Janita Autio, TV host Tinni Wikström, YouTuber Ilona Ylikorpi, radio host Karoliina Tuominen, stylist Vesa Silver and MP Ilmari Nurminen from Mrs Marin’s Social Democratic Party.

Last year Mrs Marin was forced to apologise for going out clubbing until 4am after coming into contact with a Covid case.

The PM went out to dinner and drinks just hours after her Foreign Minister had tested positive, having initially been told she did not need to isolate as she had been fully vaccinated – but later missing a text that advised her to do so.

“I am very sorry for not understanding that I needed to do that,” she said in a statement on Facebook at the time.

Mrs Marin and her husband Markus Raikkonen have been married since August 2020 (Photo by Minttu Saarni/Finnish Prime Ministers Office via Getty Images)

She explained she had missed the text message which was sent to her government phone, not the personal phone she had on her.

Critics of the PM said she should have had her government phone on her at all times for national security reasons in case of an emergency.

But the Millennial leader has also earned many fans.

German newspaper Bild this week described Ms Marin as the world’s “coolest politician”.

“She is the most important politician in her country, has to lead it through one of the most dangerous crises of her time because of the warlike activity of her neighbour Russia – and still finds time to celebrate,” the paper wrote.

“Casual, modern and self-confident – that’s how politics can work. Marin stands for the ‘cool generation’, which Putin definitely doesn’t like.”

Ms Marin has been an outspoken voice against Russian President Vladimir Putin since the invasion of Ukraine in February.

She had led the charge, along with Sweden’s leader Magdalena Andersson, for their two historically neutral nations to join NATO.

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