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Gothenburg

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

Fact-Checks

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Jan 25, 2026
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What evidence supports mullvad's no-logs claim in 2025?

’s 2025 no-logs claim is supported by a string of , an actual police search that reportedly yielded no user data, and public-facing policies and engineering choices designed to minimise retained metad...

Nov 18, 2025
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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
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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...

Jan 26, 2026

What logs or metadata can Swedish authorities legally compel a VPN like Mullvad to produce?

does not impose a blanket requirement for VPN providers like to log users’ traffic or connection metadata, and Mullvad publicly maintains a strict no-logging policy that it says left police with nothi...

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...

Jan 29, 2026

How do legal orders in Sweden apply to VPN providers and what historical cases set precedent?

’s legal landscape treats VPN providers differently from traditional ISPs: existing statutes and court decisions have generally found VPNs outside the specific reporting and retention duties that bind...

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...

Feb 6, 2026

Sweden bombings causes

’s recent surge in bombings is principally driven by — drug-trade rivalries, territorial fights and extortion — enabled by abundant access to small explosive devices and changing gang tactics; researc...

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...