cross-posted from : https://sopuli.xyz/post/47902491
Daniel Berntsson, founder of Mullvad, gave a personal donation of 5 million SEK (roughly 450,000€) in 2025 to Örebropartiet. This enormous donation accounted for 72% of the party’s revenue in 2025.
How does this affect Mullvad’s legitimacy as a company advocating for a free and open internet, while also funding a political party whose agenda seem to contradict these values? The official party website (in Swedish) can be found via the link below.
Well, this sucks.
My impression is that Berntsson started off as a libertarian (hence Mullvad) but got sucked down the libertarian-to-fascist pipeline.
they’re a weird bunch. small-government “marxists” who want to reduce “bullshit jobs” and frivolous spending in government because they say the extra costs disproportionally hurt the working class, but they include things like “publically funded artworks”, “diversity and inclusion”, and “social security for immigrants” under frivolous spending.
the other founder of mullvad has publically distanced himself from the opinions of the donor, apparently a few times before this too, saying that while they agree on universal privacy rights they don’t see eye to eye on much else.
i’m assuming this will keep developing.
They are Marxists like Nazis were socialists. Cutting public funding for anything and everything is right wing agenda. They also want to throw out immigrants and exit the EU and have a cult like organisation around the leader Markus Allard.
yeah the proof is in the pudding there. Allard was kicked out of V for his opinions and i honestly can’t figure out if he thinks he’s a leftist, because V are also eurosceptics.
He is so left he popped up on the right. The horseshoe theory manifested in one loon.
is he… an actual nazbol? didn’t think i’d ever see one in the wild
Personally I think he is a wacko with random but strong opinions that lean towards the classic totalitarian right but he is opportunistic and charismatic enough to gather a flock of sheep that believe he is leftist. You know, typical cult leader material.
