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.
Zelera6 at 2023-07-06 10:57:36+00:00 ID:
jqvhhjrWhen I was in elementary school, we got booklets of every school-kid's address and phone number. This was great because if we had complaints over another kid acting badly towards us, our parents could just call their parents and complain (I had one issue where one girl called her older guy friend to meet me up near where I live "because he needed a girlfriend" and I found it creepy, so I told my mom, who called this girl's parents - and then I never had problems with her again). Or we could find out how to contact our classmates (party invitations by mail or phone for example). Nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if they have emails instead.