'I don’t like that he made this donation' — Mullvad CEO reacts to co-founder’s donation to controversial Swedish populist party
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Mullvad says co-founder's 5 million SEK donation to the Örebro Party 'is not part of Mullvad's values or mission'

Worth noting if you are using their VPN services or Browser.

EDIT: Apparently, labelling them as far-right isn’t as clear-cut from an economic perspective, but they do hold many core identity politics that are common amongst far-right parties such as:

  • Voiced support for the idea of large-scale remigration on multiple occasions, even for Swedish-born immigrants: “Sweden belongs to the Swedes”
  • Supports Sweden leaving NATO
  • In favor of Sweden leaving the European Union in a so-called “Swexit”
  • Stated that Sweden should only support other countries on the condition that it benefits Sweden and that it has to be “Sweden first”
  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    70·
    1 day ago

    Daniel Berntsson, co-founder and co-owner of Mullvad VPN, has donated 5 million Swedish kronor (around $514,000) of his personal funds to the controversial populist Örebro Party.

    First reported by local news outlet Flamman, the 2025 donation accounted for 72% of the party’s total income last year.

    He is the reason the party still exists

    • KaChilde@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      17 hours ago

      People have been throwing around this “Personal funds” thing in all the reporting on this story. Trying to distance the company from the asshole.

      Where exactly did Daniel’s “Personal funds” come from? Surely not the popular VPN that he is the co-owner of.