My opinion of Sweden's government has worsened considerably thanks to those extremely blatant examples of politically-motivated injustice. A high ranking shouldn't be an excuse to sweep real problems away.

For more on the Pirate Bay trial, see Falkvinge's post here:

http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/06/banana-republic-justice-behi...

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5016277