(Note that it is not thousands of new people each year. It is the number of people that has this protection. Out of 10+ million people,) Good question. From a

(Note that it is not thousands of new people each year. It is the number of people that has this protection. Out of 10+ million people,) Good question. From a technical, byrocratic point of view it breaks a lot of systems, which makes practical aspects in normal daily life hard. But that could be fixed, right? Efficiency over privacy is a political question. But, as someone mentioned earlier the constitution and the general culture, society formed from has (probably - I'm guessing) fostered an openness that not only applies to public services and organizations too. For many people and generations, the government has been seen (and still is) perceived as something good. Something Swedish citizens are part of. But of course there are also people and political parties that think private privacy is more important, and should be increased.