Norway’s prime minister, Erna Solberg, is being investigated after revelations that she and her family broke the country’s Covid-19 restrictions, police have said.

Solberg gathered her family in the ski resort town of Geilo for her 60th birthday at the end of February, in breach of restrictions and recommendations on limiting social interactions, the public broadcaster NRK revealed on Thursday.

“Against the background of information that has surfaced through the press, together with the prime minister’s own statements, police have decided to initiate an investigation tied to a potential breach of the infectious disease regulation,” police said in a statement on Friday.

“The matter will then be evaluated by the prosecution authority in reference to a potential legal sanction.”

On the one hand it's kinda crazy how in such a short time, in a democracy, something as mundane as a sushi dinner at home has turned into a police issue. On the other hand, it's also kinda funny to see it affect the ones responsible for this change.