It has been natural to write wills since ancient Rome – already in the Law of the Twelve Tables around 451 before Christ, the right to decree about the inheritance was recognized. In Sweden, the rules were clearly written into the 1734 law. Now more and more people are also starting to think about what happens to their digital legacy when they die.
The Internet Foundation has interviewed 2,725 Swedes within the framework of the report “The Swedes and the Internet”. And it turns out that few Swedes have drawn up a digital testament over their social media. Fewer than one in ten have drawn up some form of will about what should happen after their death. This despite the fact that 93 percent of Swedes over the age of eight have used social media in 2025, according to the report “Swedes and the Internet 2025”.
