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 I’m not going to stop using it until i’ve seen another VPN get raided and verified to not hand out my data.
Shit sucks but I’m not aware of any other VPN that doesn’t have accounts, and let’s you pay without a credit card.
Private Alpes is a bulletproof hosting provider in Switzerland, where Mullvad has also rented its Swiss infrastructure.