r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 12d ago

Society Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the property

https://fortune.com/2026/09/30/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-purchased-37000-acres-of-forests-in-sweden-locals-hunting-banned-billionaire-landownership/
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u/Snoo93833 12d ago

Don't you mean it is illegal to stockpile arms? Because someone CAN stockpile arms and ammo.

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u/3BlindMice1 12d ago

No, as I understand it, north European countries are a bit unusual as it's easy to get a gun legally but not easy to get bullets. That said, my understanding of the subject is very shallow

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u/vekkarikello 12d ago

In Sweden you are only allowed to buy ammunition that matches your license I.E if you have a hunting license hunting ammo if you have marksmanship license marksmanship ammo. But there’s no rule about how much ammunition you are allowed to have at home. Except for fire regulations etc.

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u/BasicCrows 12d ago

Ah okey, in Norway we can have at most 8k rounds in total for all our registered weapons iirc. I've never been remotely close to needing that many, so I don't remember the exact number.

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u/taylorisntavril 12d ago

You have to forgive us scandinavians, we are habitual law-followers.