This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which, if any, of the following have you used for finding, reading, watching, sharing or discussing news in the last week?"
*Total number of respondents to the survey from 37 countries.
The number of respondents was as follows:
Denmark n= 2,025,
Norway n=2,027,
Sweden n=1,016,
Finland n=1,012
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Levels of concern about openly expressing political views online in the Nordics 2018
This statistic displays the share of individuals who were concerned that openly expressing their political views online could get them into trouble with the authorities, in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. All of these countries had a relatively low level of concern. Norway had the lowest level, where ** percent of respondents were concerned.
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