Rick Falkvinge is currently an activist for the Pirate Party.
10 Facts About Rick Falkvinge
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Rick Falkvinge reportedly had an interest in technology from an early age and is reported to have spent time as a toddler pressing doorbell buttons in electronics stores.
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Rick Falkvinge created his first company, Infoteknik, in 1988 at the age of 16.
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On 16 December 2005, Rick Falkvinge registered the domain name piratpartiet.
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Rick Falkvinge took out a large bank loan, quit his job at Cypak, and started working in the Pirate Party full-time.
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Rick Falkvinge chaired the Pirate Party while living off of donations and charity from supporters for 18 months, until he was elected to the European Parliament.
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On 1 January 2011, five years after the party's foundation, Rick Falkvinge announced that he was stepping down as party leader, and that deputy party leader Anna Troberg would step into the role.
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In February 2016, it was announced that Rick Falkvinge had accepted a full-time role as head of privacy for Private Internet Access, a US-based personal VPN service.
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Rick Falkvinge was awarded the Swedish Guldmusen award as IT person of the year 2010.
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Rick Falkvinge has been listed as one of the 100 most influential people in Sweden by Fokus magazine.