As an American-Brit who has been living in Sweden for a couple of years, I've always found it interesting that pretty much everyone I know here can be found at their home address simply by googling their name and clicking on hitta.se. When I show this to my British or American friends, they're always shocked, and I find myself explaining that "Swedes have a very different, more trusting, relationship with their government than Brits or Americans."
Personally, I've never had a problem arise from this, and neither has anyone I know here, but I've been here less than for two years. I love it here and I can see myself living here for the rest of my life (that is, if you'll have me! Soon time to renew my visa!)
But I find myself wondering: Has anyone here, or anyone you know, ever had a problem arise from their address being listed publicly? Strange people turning up at your door, weird post or packages, or something worse?
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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/adjectivenounnr at 2023-07-06 07:00:45+00:00.
teamcemi at 2023-07-06 09:22:00+00:00 ID:
jqv9xmzThey are very different since you can find all folkbokförda over 16 in Sweden on hitta due to offentlighetsprincipen. Yellow pages is more “best effort based on the tiny info they might have (or most likely don’t have)”
lobax at 2023-07-06 09:24:56+00:00 ID:
jqva584The sources of information are still often public records from various government agencies. E.g. election rolls, land registry etc.
E.g. this is Hitta in the UK: https://www.192.com
teamcemi at 2023-07-06 10:36:43+00:00 ID:
jqvfo43Yes I can’t find my colleague on this page even tho I know his full name and city and he has a very unique surname. If he had lived in sweden i would have found him in 10s.
as I said “best effort”