press rank #4 · 
~$2,400/mo
Can you live unwatched in Sweden?
Nearly cashless: convenient, and fully traceable.
The privacy scorecard
6 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #4 ~$2,400/mo national average
Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required
Sweden has repeatedly refused a mandate, including through the measles debates of the last decade.
If you skip them: Nothing.
Exemptions: Not needed.
Source: Vaccines 2024;12:1296, European survey
Legal & financial exposure
Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.
Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)
Extradition treaty with the US
5 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.
18 real places in Sweden
Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.
Stockholm
~$2,400/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Gothenburg
~$2,400/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Malmö
~$2,300/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Uppsala
~$2,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Örebro
~$2,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Lund
~$2,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Karlstad
~$2,050/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Kalmar
~$2,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Karlskrona
~$2,150/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Visby
~$2,300/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Ystad
~$2,150/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Kiruna
~$2,150/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5Weigh Sweden against your own threat model
Surveillance, speech, money: filter thousands of real places across every country and see where Sweden actually ranks.
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Find where to live on ArcadiaCountry-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.