Livgard's communications manager Paula Levänen confirms that it was an accident.

- We don't know much yet, the investigation is in full swing.

He himself is responsible for the shot.

It's an accident, she says.

At the Armed Forces, press manager Philip Simon says that the person injured by the bullet is employed and not conscripted, and that the staff is now receiving support.

- The Lifeguard has called in its crisis team, he says.

No crime suspected

The alarm came in on Friday and the police went to the regiment.

- We have been on site because a man was injured in what we judge to be an accident.

It is a person who has now been taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter, says police spokesperson Ola Östling to SVT.

There is currently no suspicion of crime.

- For us, it is not an intentional crime, says Ola Östling.

The police otherwise do not want to say more about the incident.

- We have held customary interrogations with those who were there when it happened.

We have also carried out a technical survey.

The 25-year-old's next of kin have been notified.

The text is updated.