Two guards have been cleared of excessive force after they dragged a heavily pregnant black woman off a train in Sweden earlier this year.

Footage showing the unnamed woman being hauled from the carriage for allegedly being without a ticket in Stockholm caused fury across the country in February.

The clip showed the woman appearing to be pushed down onto the bench while her child watched on and she was later taken to hospital where she and her baby were reportedly given the all-clear.

The prosecutor said she had escalated the situation by showing contempt for the officers and resisting their orders.

In the clip which emerged in February from the metro station in Stockholm the heavily pregnant woman can be seen being hauled off the carriage by two guards

The woman's young daughter was also on the train with her. After she put her arm around her mother, the woman was dragged further away and pushed on to a bench at the station

Prosecutor Lucas Eriksson, as reported by the Local, said: 'They print out a fine which she throws on the ground. You need it to continue the journey and the guards then kindly ask her to leave the train.

'There is surveillance footage from inside the train as well and you can see there how she resists. It's the woman's behaviour that escalates the situation.'

The prosecutor added his regret for the situation and given the circumstances it would not have been wrong for the officers to let her carry on.

'Sometimes it's simply not worth it. She had a child with her, I'm sorry for the child,' the Local reported Eriksson as saying.

Following the incident the two guards were suspended while the police launched their own assault investigation.

In the viral clip the woman is being pulled by two men as her young daughter walks behind with another woman.

Her daughter was then taken by a third guard who spoke to her as she sobbed uncontrollably

Swedish police were investigating the case as a potential assault but the prosecutors have since cleared them of wrong doing

As the child puts her arm around her mother, the guards drag the woman further away and push her onto a nearby bench.

Two guards pin her down while a third guard takes the child away to talk to her as she sobs uncontrollably.

A second video shows the woman, with her pregnant stomach exposed, lying on the ground of the station as she is surrounded by guards.

Despite the outrage the prosecutor cleared them of wrongdoing, the Local reported.