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.