The decision, made by the Swedish police authority's oversight body for police officers (Polismyndighetens personalansvarsnämnd, or Pan), comes two weeks after Nyberg was charged with gross unlawful driving, driving under the influence, minor drug offences and drug possession, after driving off the road in a municipality surrounding Stockholm over the Christmas holidays.
She admits to unlawful driving but denies the other charges. The trial will take place in September.
"I have worked as a police officer for much of my adult life and carried out my duties with pride," Nyberg wrote to Polistidningen newspaper.
"Regardless of the decision from Pan, it does not change my respect for the police profession," she continued. "This has been a very difficult period both professionally and personally. At the same time, I stand by the legal certainty, proportionality and equality before the law must apply to everyone – including police officers."
Nyberg is currently an independent member of parliament after leaving the Sweden Democrats. She has sat on government transparency councils for, among others, Swedish Intelligence Service Säpo and the Swedish Police Authority.
The decision by Pan was not unanimous. One member dissented and believed that the decision should only be made after the court has given its verdict.
Nyberg was also critical of Pan not waiting until the outcome of the ongoing legal proceedings.
“I find it difficult to understand why there is such a rush to dismiss a police officer when I have been on leave for a long time to fulfill a parliamentary assignment and do not serve operationally within the Police Authority,” she wrote to Polistidningen.
The decision from Pan can be appealed within two weeks, but Nyberg told Polistidningen that she doesn't yet know if she will appeal.
Nyberg was one of two former-Sweden Democrat independent MPs who voted against the government in favour of transitional rules for Swedish citizenship on April 29th, which set off the kvittning scandal in Swedish politics.
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