Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is suffering an apparently ever-decreasing popularity rating among the electorate.

A day after shaking up his cabinet to shore up support in his coalition, a public opinion poll delivered a damning verdict on his popularity.

The most recent scandal involves the forced resignation of one of his key members over building code violations and health issues. A healthcare crisis was at the centre of his cabinet reshuffle and is likely to be the issue that buries the government at the next election unless it is sorted out soon.

His Labour party lost another 2.4 percentage points in the poll, bringing to a low of just 26.4 percent of the voters supporting him. His government partners (the Socialist Left and Center Party) have 6.5 percent and 5.3 percent respectively, while the rightwing Progress Party, gained nearly six points to capture 30.7 percent of the vote.

A Swedish Commander has been charged for an incident involving naked soldiers in 2004. According to reports in The Local, Lars-Olof Corneliusson, who once was in charge of a Stockholm-based Swedish amphibious military unit, stands accused of covering up an incident in which newly conscripted soldiers completed military activities without any clothes on.

According to the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper, naked soldiers from the Vaxholm-based Amf 1 amphibious unit were filmed firing shoulder-mounted artillery cannons. In an effort to cover up the incident, Corneliusson instructed the leader of the exercise to destroy the film.

In May 2006, the film was shown to Uppdrag Granskning, an investigative news programme by Svergies Television, resulting in a significant amount of discussion and controversy. In particular, the film highlighted a number of safety and security concerns about the unit, as the soldiers in the exercise wore only helmets for protection.

Not only did Corneliusson request that the film be destroyed, he also failed to report the shooting as a workplace incident, according to the newspaper. The incident was investigated by Commander Christer Olofsson, who criticized the unit’s military leadership for their inadequate response.

Approximately a week after the naked shooting, a boating accident took place in which two conscripts on a combat patrol boat died near the island of Sollenkroka. As a result, Corneliusson currently faces charges for workplace crimes for that incident and is expecting judgement on the case at the end of this month.