Rick Falkvinge
- January 9, 2024
- Political Figure
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Rick Falkvinge |
| Occupation | Political Figure |
| Date Of Birth | Jan 21, 1972(1972-01-21) |
| Age | 52 |
| Birthplace | Gothenburg |
| Country | Sweden |
| Birth City | Västra Götaland |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Rick Falkvinge Biography
| Name | Rick Falkvinge |
| Birthday | Jan 21 |
| Birth Year | 1972 |
| Place Of Birth | Gothenburg |
| Home Town | Västra Götaland |
| Birth Country | Sweden |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Rick Falkvinge is one of the most popular and richest Political Figure who was born on January 21, 1972 in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden. Rick Falkvinge, born Dick Greger Augustsson 21 January 1972, is a Swedish information tech entrepreneur and founder the Swedish Pirate Party. He currently works as a political evangelist for the party, spreading his ideas around the globe.
Rick Falkvinge began to think about creating a political party that would focus on file sharing, copyright and patents in the Fall 2005. The Pirate Bureau was the dominant Swedish organization in the copyright discussion at the time. It was not affiliated to any party. Falkvinge registered piratpartiet.se on 16 December 2005. The party’s website was launched via a Direct Connect hub message on the 1 January 2006. This marked the beginning of the petition to create a new Swedish political party. According to the party’s website, it received three million hits within the first two days. On the morning of January 2, 2006, a message on a Direct Connect hub was sent by Falkvinge. After lunch, a notice in Dagens Industri printed about the initiative. Falkvinge obtained a large loan from a bank and quit his job at Cypak to start working full-time with the Pirate Party.
In the general elections in 2006, the Pirate Party achieved 0.63%. Falkvinge was noticeably downcast when the exit polls arrived during the election night party, but promised the gathered people that this would not be the end of the fight.
Following the raid on The Pirate Bay on 31 May 2006, Falkvinge mobilized every part of the Pirate Party, and in the protests that followed on June 3, he held his first widely translated and acclaimed speech, “Nothing new under the Sun”.
He was tired of the snide comments about his first name Dick and, above all, the moralism among system developers that would make it impossible to use his real name online. In 2004, he changed his firstname from Dick to Rickard. He also changed his name from Augustsson (literally Falconwing) to Falkvinge, his current last name. He wanted to have a unique name that reflected his personality. He is fascinated by birds and believes that large raptors are a symbol of pride, freedom and vision.
Rick Falkvinge Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Political Figure |
| House | Living in own house. |
Rick Falkvinge is one of the richest Political Figure from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Falkvinge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
At the age of 16, Falkvinge founded his first company Infoteknik (literally Infotechnology) in 1988. He was frustrated by inefficiency in business administration and decided to digitize the world.
He was an entrepreneur who had five employees working in software development in Gothenburg Kalmar, Stromsund and Gothenburg from 1994 to 1998.
The Danish documentary Good Copy Bad Copy contains an interview with Falkvinge explaining how the Pirate Party grew as a result of the raid against The Pirate Bay on 31 May 2006. At the time, The Pirate Bay had no formal connections to the party.
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Not long after the European Elections, media predicted that the Pirate Party was also on its way into Swedish Parliament, as they got 3.9% support in a poll. The threshold for entry is 4.0%. This support did not materialize in the 2010 parliamentary elections.
Facts & Trivia
Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Political Figure. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Rick Falkvinge celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.
In May 2011, he started exploring bitcoin and its effects on society’s economy and was quoted by the Swedish Public Service Television (SVT) as a reference in this context.