Sanna Marin

The Prime Minister answered media questions on Thursday after videos of her partying with Finnish celebrities spread on social media.

I have a family life, I have a work life and I have free time to spend with my friends. As a result, she was not informed of her exposure to Covid and continued to enjoy the evening. According to Marin, the videos are private and were filmed in a private residence a few weeks ago. Some media outlets have reported that the term jauhojengi (or "powder gang", a reference to cocaine usage) can be heard in one of the clips. "I am upset that these videos have become public. Videos of the Prime Minister partying with various Finnish celebrities and public figures have spread throughout social media.

The leaked video shows the prime minister at a private party with friends, singing to Finnish pop hits and dancing - but there's also a cocaine reference ...

However, they may have misheard or misinterpreted the words, and confused "jauhojengi" with "jallujengi" which is a reference to a popular type of Finnish brandy called Jaloviina. "I trusted that since the videos are private and taken at a private event, they would not be published." It is not clear who leaked the video of Marin -- which seems to have been posted as an Instagram story and features clips taken at different times of the evening - although a shared video clip from at least one of the guests who attended is included in the montage.

She has faced criticism from opposition parties, with one leader demanding she take a drug test. Ms Marin, 36, denied taking drugs, saying she only drank ...

- She comes from a modest background. She added that she felt no need to change her behaviour. Pretty much the same as many people my age," Ms Marin said. "I danced, sang, and partied - perfectly legal things. - In 2015, she spoke about the stigma she encountered when her mother was in a same-sex relationship And MP Mikko Karna, a member of the Centre Party who serve in Ms Marin's coalition government, tweeted that "it would be wise" for her to "voluntarily undergo a drugs test".

Sanna Marin, the Prime Minister of Finland, has found herself at the centre of a controversy after a video of her partying with her friends surfaced online ...

You won't believe it, but the prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, is on fire in this video. If anything, she's on the left in a black top and white pants. This is the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin. The Prime Minister of Finland is seen dancing and singing in a new video released on Wednesday. Marin and other partygoers can be seen dancing and singing together in the videos, which are made up of multiple clips. The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows her drinking and partying.

Ms Marin says she is dismayed the videos made their way outside of her friendship circle but insists she's done nothing wrong.

Danced and sang," "I'm disappointed that they've become public. The prime minister, one of the world's youngest leaders, said she had nothing to hide and that the videos were meant to be shared just among her group.

Video published of country's youngest ever leader, 36, dancing exuberantly and drinking with friends. Sanna Marin. 00:24. Leaked footage of Sanna Marin ...

Marin later said she was “very sorry” for the lapse. A senior Social Democrat MP, Antti Lindtman, said she had “a lot of sympathy and support”. There was “dancing at a private event”, he said. “I see nothing to write home about.” She said she had nothing “to conceal or hide” and was determined to continue to be “the same person as I have been until now … [Finnish media alleged](https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/0de02690-e813-4ced-88ed-3ee8123f16be) a voice in the background could be heard shouting “the flour gang”, supposedly a reference to cocaine or amphetamines. “The people are entitled to expect this from their prime minister,” he said. Marin responded that she was willing to take a drugs test if necessary. “Nor have I been in such a situation that I would have seen or known others [using drugs]. But I also think it’s quite unusual that something like this is required.” I’m pretty sure that’s the same as many people my age”. [Marin told reporters](https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12581590) she was “upset” that the clips, which she knew were being filmed but had believed would remain private, had been leaked.

Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin is facing a backlash after a leaked video of her partying emerged on social media on Wednesday.

Ms Marin had issued a lengthy statement apologising on Facebook and said that she was “really sorry” for her actions after photographs of her dancing with friends till about 4am were published by Seiska, an entertainment magazine, sparking criticism. The video shows Ms Marin drinking with a group of friends, singing and dancing to songs by Finnish rapper Petri Nygård and pop singer Antti Tuisku. Video shows Sanna Marin dancing, singing and drinking with a group of friends

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she would be willing to take a drug test after she was criticised for partying in leaked video.

Ms Marin, who was appointed in 2019 at the age of 34, has previously been the target of criticism over parties at her official residence. "I have nothing to hide. She has had the support of her party, with Antti Lindtman, head of the Social Democratic Party's parliamentary group, who told media he "can't see any major problem with dancing at a private event with friends".

Opposition politicians have called for Sanna Marin to take a drug test after a video of her partying circulated online.

“I have a family life, I have a work life and I have free time to spend with my friends. Pretty much the same as many people my age,” she said. At one point, Marin, 36, is seen on her knees with her arms behind her head, dancing and mimicking a song.

Finland's Prime Minister made history by becoming the country's youngest leader ever. Now, her dance moves are drawing attention.

At the time Finland did not require vaccinated individuals to isolate after being exposed to someone who tests positive for the virus.) [She also apologized](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59577371), saying that she did not have her official phone with her and missed a text message advising her to self-isolate. She has hit back by telling others, “I have a family life, I have a work life and I have free time to spend with my friends. [the BBC reported](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62588480). [can be heard shouting about cocaine](https://apnews.com/article/denmark-finland-government-and-politics-6395d0dd1f3a141343f4625e930ba9c6), according to Finnish media, the Associated Press reported. She also said she doesn’t see a need to change her behavior. Marin added that she was disappointed the videos had been shared.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has acknowledged partying "in a boisterous way" after the release of private videos -- but said she is angry that the ...

"I am not being blackmailed. I danced and sang," she said. I resent that these became known to the public," Marin told reporters in Kuopio, Finland.

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday said she was upset that videos of her dancing at private parties were published online as they were meant ...

[Ukraine](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/ukraine/), Marin has also faced criticism that her partying could interfere with her ability to quickly carry out her duties if a sudden crisis hit Finland. Marin, 36, also said her ability to perform her official duties had remained unimpaired on the Saturday night in question and that she would have left the party had she been required to work. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends, and vowed she had never used illegal drugs.

Amid an outcry in Finland, Prime Minister Sanna Marin defended her right to spend free time with friends.

Marin was the world’s youngest sitting national leader when she was elected in 2019 at age 34. [telling](https://yle.fi/news/3-12581734) local outlet Yle that she was willing to take a drug test. “Young leaders are not taken seriously based on stereotypes about age. Women leaders are not taken seriously based on stereotypes about gender. [apologized](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/08/finland-prime-minister-clubbing/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14) for another incident in which she stayed out at a Helsinki nightclub until 4 a.m. If not now, then at the next party.” Marin was born more than two decades later, in 1985. Her political rivals seized on the new videos this week, calling on Marin to undergo voluntary drug screenings. “I resent that these became known to the public,” Reuters quoted her as saying. Pretty much the same as many people my age,” Marin said Thursday, the BBC I’ve danced, sung and partied and done perfectly legal things,” she added. But many others paused and asked: What’s all the fuss?

Finland's prime minister says she did not take any drugs during a “wild” party in a private home, adding she did nothing wrong when letting her hair down ...

I have also not been in a situation where I would know that others are doing it that way,” Marin said, according to the Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper. In July, Marin attended a popular Finnish rock festival. A video posted on a social media shows six people dancing and mimicking a song in front of a camera, including Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

Images of Finland's Prime Minister dancing and singing at a house party are “not quite Boris Johnson holding parties during lockdown.”

Or were there people in the immediate vicinity taking drugs. “People might feel that it is a little bit in your face to see the Taoiseach partying wildly in that kind of environment.” “I suppose she has a responsibility, or a senior politician or Taoiseach would have a responsibility to make sure that drugs weren’t being taken at a private party in their own house.” “I think senior politicians, whether you’re the prime minister or a minister or whatever, I think there’s a duty to conduct yourself in a certain way in a public environment. “My view basically is that people regardless of what they do in life are absolutely entitled to enjoy themselves and do whatever they like in their own home as this woman was, as long as they are not breaking the law,” he said. “I suppose a couple of things, there is a chant in the background …

Finland's Prime Minister has denied taking drugs after a video of her dancing at a private house party was published online.

She thereby didn't know that she had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19. Danced and sang,” Marin, 36, told the Finnish broadcaster YLE. She didn't test positive. I spent the evening with friends. In December, she faced criticism when she went out clubbing until 4am without her work phone. Promoted Stories

'I myself have not used drugs, nor anything other than alcohol,” Sanna Marin, who was appointed Finland's youngest-ever prime minister in 2019, has told re.

While other European leaders like Micheál Martin, or the likely new British Prime Minister Liz Truss – who is battling for the leadership of the Conservative Party with Rishi Sunak – have not yet been seen on the same sort of dance-floor, Martin commented on the easing of lockdown restrictions last fall, saying that "what traditionally happens in a nightclub will happen in a nightclub." And inevitably, there have been attempts to smear the Prime Minister with accusations that drugs may have been used at the party being bandied about by the opposition and on social media. She also denied accusations that cocaine or amphetamines were used at the party, as alleged by [Finnish media](https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/0de02690-e813-4ced-88ed-3ee8123f16be). I’m pretty sure that’s the same as many people my age" (as translated by the As we know, they have plenty of experience... In December 2021, she was filmed in a nightclub, which caused controversy about whether or not she should have been self-isolating as a result of a Covid contact.

Finnish PM says she was never in a condition in which she couldn't 'lead the country.'

I hope that we can be people,” she added. Marin brushed off questions about whether she was in an appropriate condition, given the tensions between Helsinki and Moscow, in which to “lead the country” while she was at the party. Asked whether she’d been in a location where people were using drugs, Marin said, “Of course, I can’t know if someone has used something that I haven’t seen myself.

A series of stories this week in the Finnish press seemed to want to paint the world's youngest prime minister in a negative light, but most Finns don't ...

Does your child get the necessary care at home" said one man on Twitter; while another woman said Marin was "disrespecting Finland's most influential office and its responsibilities". [Jarno Liski](https://twitter.com/jliski), a reporter with [Iltalehti newspaper who asked](https://twitter.com/jliski/status/1560569172777656322) whether Marin was technically on call and working that weekend, or if she was still on leave when she was filmed drinking and partying with friends, and if a deputy prime minister had been nominated to cover for her, as per the normal procedure. There's been minimal negative reaction so far to this new video - "Did your judgment fail you?

Previous social media clips showed Ms Marin, who at 36 is among the world's youngest leaders, playing to the camera and dancing with friends.

"I have not used drugs myself, or anything other than alcohol. "I have today taken a drug test and the results will come within a week. Danced and sang," And I didn't do anything illegal". "I'm disappointed that they've become public. [Previous social media clips](https://news.sky.com/story/finland-prime-minister-sanna-marin-disappointed-at-party-video-leak-as-she-denies-suggestions-of-drug-use-12675860) showed Ms Marin, who at 36 is among the world's youngest leaders, playing to the camera and dancing with friends.