Irrespective of political affiliations, I felt that Mullvad addressed the outrage in a mature and non culture war manner. Because of how they handled the situation, I have a lot more respect for the company.

It's great that they didn't try to cancel the guy or get seduced into driving a wedge into their team. It is great they chose their principle over pleasing the crowd in such a transparent way.

I have been a customer for many years. I once even used the cash payment option out of curiosity.

Here is their statement:

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/donation-controversy

They even linked his (Swedish language) private blog on which he wrote on the issue:

https://dberntsson.info/