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Gothenburg

Second-largest city in Sweden and capital of the Västra Götaland County

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Nov 18, 2025

How have Sweden's homicide rates per 100,000 changed from 2010 to 2023 and what explains the trend?

Sweden’s homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants rose from roughly around 0.7–1.0 in the early 2010s to about 1.15 in 2023, with confirmed lethal-violence cases numbering 121 in 2023 (homicide rate 1.15...

Dec 4, 2025

How does mullvad's warrant canary and transparency reporting work?

Mullvad does not use a warrant canary and does not publish a transparency report of law‑enforcement requests, according to PCMag’s 2024 review . Mullvad publicly described a 2023 Swedish police search...

Nov 18, 2025

What are Sweden's official violent crime trends from 2010 to 2023?

Official Swedish data and reputable summaries show a complex picture: overall reported crime rose across the 2010s and peaked around 2020 then fell in 2021–2022, while specific violent categories — es...

Dec 19, 2025

Have there been recent prosecutions or legal precedents in Sweden involving VPN providers or data-retention compliance?

Sweden has not produced recent criminal prosecutions that force VPN providers to hand over user logs, but it has produced case law and enforcement events that shape the landscape: a 2020 Stockholm cou...

Jan 7, 2026

How do employment rates of refugee cohorts in Sweden evolve during their first 5–10 years and which policies most improve those outcomes?

Employment for refugee cohorts in Sweden starts very low in the first years, rises steadily but unevenly over 5–10 years, and by a decade commonly reaches roughly half to two‑thirds employment dependi...