International Press Questions

We frequently get questions from international media about the party and the international pirate movement.

Please send any press/media inquiries or questions to press@piratpartiet.se.

For all other questions, please use info@piratpartiet.se.

Politics and Principles

To read about what we stand for, please go to the English translation of our principles. Other translations are available below.

Wish to Contribute?

If you want to contribute to the campaign funds, that is most welcome! Please visit our donation page in English for more information.

History of the Party

The Swedish Pirate Party was formed by Rickard Falkvinge, and he created the embryo of this site and mentioned the address once on a busy DirectConnect hub on January 1, 2006. Within two days, the site displayed three million hits, and the first thousand or so members joined up. The principles of the Pirate Party soon began to take shape, as more and more members joined up, and in February they were voted through in the 3.0 version, which you can read in several languages further down on this page. The reform of copyright laws, the abolishing of patents and working against installing more regulations, and remove the Data Retention Act, that are seriously threatening citizens' privacy are the only articles in the Pirate Party agenda.

The aim is to hold the balance of power, to be the tie-breaker, in the Swedish Riksdag and through that offer a collaboration of parties to gain the majority and thus give the governmental status, to either left or right. The difference between left and right, we feel, are no longer obvious, and therefore makes it easy for us to take this measure.

The issues that we represent are sorely missing, or are only fragmentarily represented, with an alarming display of lack of knowledge, and we hope to be able to bring in the legislative groups of Sweden into the 21st century. Feel free to show us your support by sending us a donation or a cheer in the Visitor's corner when you're here!

International Growth and Your Role In It

In order to create a place where international collaboration can start and grow, we have created PP International Net. We would very much like to invite you to participate. PPI can also to serve as a way of getting people in touch with eachother, interested in starting up a party in their respective country, as well as provide resources, discussions and advice to eachother across the borders.

Below are the links to sister parties abroad, as well as a list of existing translations of the Swedish Pirate Party's declaration of principles. If you have a translation in a language missing, feel free to mail it to us at Piratpartiet.

Answer to a common question: Yes, you are free to use the Black Sail logotype for the Pirate Party in your own country. Most do.

Technical information about setting up a Pirate Party website can be found here.

Countries where you can find a Pirate Party, or where one is starting up:

- Australia
- Austria: Piratenpartei Österreichs
- Belgium: Parti Pirate Belgique
- Brazil
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France: Parti Pirate
- Germany: Piratenpartei
- Ireland: Pirate Party
- Italy: Piratpartiet
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Poland: Polska Partia Piratow
- Portugal: Partido Pirata Português
- Romania: Partidul Piratilor
- Russia: Российская Пиратская Партия
- South Africa
- Spain: Partido Pirata Español
- Switzerland
- Sweden: Piratpartiet
- United Kingdom: The Pirate Party
- Peru: Partido Pirata Peruana
- United States: The Pirate Party of the US

Translations of the Swedish Pirate Party's declaration of principles:

- Português / Brazilian Portuguese
- Български / Bulgarian
- Deutsch / German
- English
- Español / Spanish
- Français / French
- فارسی / Farsi
- Nederland / Dutch
- Italiano / Italian
- Suomi / Finnish