Close to 400 elected officials have debts with the Kronofogden

When TV4's Kalla fakta examined 21,854 elected politicians in Sweden, it turned out that 387 of them had personal debts with the Crown Prosecutor. 43 of them had debts over one million. Almost half owed more than SEK 98,000.

This means that the well-known Member of Parliament Mohamed Ali (V), who previously had debts registered with the Crown Enforcement Agency, is far from alone.

Cold Facts reviewed current week 43 debts of those elected to the various political wards in the last election.

Even though the highest percentage of debtors is with SD and V, it is one center party that stands out: the local C-top Petri Salonen in Haninge municipal board. He has a debt of SEK 2.7 million, caused by consumption.

- I have been open about everything, says Petri Salonen, who sought professional help and whose salary is now assessed every month by the Crown Bailiff, to Kalla fakta.

He is one of 36 ordinary members of municipal boards who had active debts during week 43. The representatives of his particular party, the Center Party, have the largest debts per elected representative.

Just over half of the debts are below SEK 98,000. However, the average debt is significantly higher, around SEK 364,000, because a few very large debts drag the average up, Kalla fakta reports.

The review has been carried out by requesting the names and social security numbers of all elected representatives in the municipal, regional and parliamentary elections. After that, a data run of 21,854 people was made against the Kronofogden's register during week 43. Four elected representatives have protected personal data and have therefore not been examined.