"After discussions with my party leadership, I have decided to leave the Sweden Democrats. However, I stand by my mission and will fulfill the trust that the voters have given me by continuing as a member of parliament," Nyberg writes in an email to TT.
In the intervening days, Nyberg was stopped on suspicion of drunk driving and rapid tests suggested drug influence. She has denied the allegations.
The Swedish Transport Agency now confirms that Nyberg had drugs in her blood at the time.
"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," the Swedish Transport Agency's decision states, according to TV4 Nyheterna .
Not possible to represent SD
The Sweden Democrats' group leader Linda Lindberg writes in a comment that the party has had conversations with Nyberg about her being unable to represent the party while the investigation is ongoing.
Nyberg's decision to leave the party but retain her seat in parliament is being criticized.
"In our conversation, we have urged her to leave her parliamentary seat, which she unfortunately has not heeded. Instead, she has chosen to leave the party. That she is acting in this way is regrettable and it also shows that she neither respects the party nor our voters. That said, she owns her mandate and it is therefore her decision to make," writes Linda Lindberg.
The Swedish Transport Agency's press officer Mikael Andersson writes in an email to TV4 that the decision to revoke Nyberg's driver's license was made on Monday. A final decision will come when a verdict becomes legally binding, but according to the decision, it is "likely" that Nyberg will be convicted of drunk driving.
Transparency advice
Nyberg has also served as a member of the Swedish Security Service, the police and the Special Investigations Council. The Council is described as the citizens' extended arm into the authorities. At Thursday's meeting, the government decided to dismiss her from these assignments.
Chief Prosecutor Anders Jakobsson has received analytical material but has not yet decided whether he will proceed with the investigation and press charges.
"The case is still being processed and I cannot provide any information at this stage," says Jakobsson in a press release.
