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.
MundaneDream8465 at 2023-07-06 09:34:56+00:00 ID:
jqvbttzI know that swedish influensers/content creators have had problema people showing up at their door. One girl had a bunch of kids knock and waiting outside her door all day - even peeking in the mail drop ect.
Edit: But other than public people i have never heard of any problems. I can only speak for myself but i rarely look up adresses/numbers instead of asking since it feels like violating their privacy to get it without their knowledge. I only search it up if really necessary. FX once when a kid was misbehaving online i actually texted his mom showinf what he was posting - and i got the number from searching it up. I would guess it also could potentially be bad for those people involved in gangs😒 - being able to look up their addresses and their family’s as well ect.