Former Prime Minister rushed to hospital after Epstein scandal

Reports from Norway claimed he attempted suicide

The ex-Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalised on Tuesday, 24 February just a matter of days after being charged with corruption offences linked to his associations with disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Jagland was charged with "gross corruption" following the latest batch of released documents which appeared to reveal a transactional relationship between the ex-PM and convicted paedophile, between 2011 and 2018.

Such transactions included requests for diplomatic favours, luxury travel and financial solicitations.

Jagland admitted "poor judgment" concerning the relationship as an investigation was launched by Norwegian authorities.

The Mirror has reported that a number of Norwegian outlets have alleged that Jagland was hospitalised in a suicide attempt, however, Jagland's legal team has refuted this claim.

A statement relayed by Jagland's lawyer, Anders Brosveet said the hospitalisation came “due to the strain arising in the wake of this case."

He denied Jagland was in hospital due to a "suicide attempt".

The former Prime Minister's lawyer, Anders Brosveet, cracked down on claims by some Norwegian outlets, including iNyheter, and strongly denied Jagland went through a "suicide attempt".

Jagland served as Prime Minister in Norway, between 1996 - 1997, and was the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, between 2009 to 2015.

Norwegian outlet iNyheter has since accused the former PM's lawyer of a cover up surrounding the circumstances of Jagland's hospitalisation.

Jagland is not the first well-known Norwegian figure to appear in the files, with the Crown Princess Mette-Marit featuring a number of times in emails.

This forced the Norwegian royal to release a statement.

It read: "I would like to express my deepest regret for my friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

"It is important for me to apologise to all of you that I have disappointed.

"Some of the content of the messages between Epstein and me does not represent the person I want to be.

"I also apologise for the situation that I have put the Royal Family in, especially the King and Queen."

It must be stressed that being mentioned in the files does not imply any wrongdoing.