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{{Short description|Swedish internet service provider}}
{{About|a Swedish Internet service provider|the meaning in the English language|Train station}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Bahnhof AB
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| products = [[Internet service provider]]
| services =
| revenue = 825,165,000 [[Swedish krona|SEK]] (2016)<ref name="CorporateInformation">{{cite web|url=http://www.corporateinformation.com/Company-Snapshot.aspx?cusip=C7525BS10 |title=Bahnhof AB |publisher=CorporateInformation |accessdate=29 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914201551/http://www.corporateinformation.com/Company-Snapshot.aspx?cusip=C7525BS10 |archivedate=14 September 2016
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| foundation = {{Start date
| location_city = [[Stockholm]]
| location_country = [[Sweden]]
| location =Tunnelgatan 2, 111 37
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| homepage = {{URL|http://
| module = {{Infobox network service provider▼
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| asn = [http://bgp.he.net/AS8473 8473]
| peeringpolicy = [https://www.peeringdb.com/asn/8473 Selective]
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'''Bahnhof''' ([[German language|German]] for "railway station") is a Swedish [[Internet service provider]] (ISP) founded in 1994 by [[Oscar Swartz]] in [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]], and is the country's first independent ISP. Today the company is represented in [[Stockholm]], [[Gothenburg]], Uppsala, [[Borlänge]], [[Malmö]] and [[Umeå]]. The company is listed on [[Nasdaq First North]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Bahnhof B aktie (BAHN B) | website=Dagens industri | date=2024-03-22 | url=https://www.di.se/bors/aktier/bahn-b-1440/ | language=sv | access-date=2024-03-24 | archive-date=24 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324141516/https://www.di.se/bors/aktier/bahn-b-1440/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
[[WikiLeaks]] used<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Inside the Mountain That Used to House Wikileaks's Servers|url=https://www.vice.com/read/the-man-in-the-web-2113|accessdate=17 June 2016|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101091635/https://www.vice.com/read/the-man-in-the-web-2113|url-status=live}}</ref> to be hosted in a Bahnhof [[data center]] inside the ultra-secure bunker [[Pionen]], which is buried inside [[Vita Bergen|the White Mountains]] in [[Stockholm]].<ref name="IDG 2010-08-30">{{cite news |title=Wikileaks flyttar till "kärnvapensäker" anläggning |trans-title=WikiLeaks moves to "nuclear weapons secure" facility |first=Harald |last=Baltzer |url=http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.336529/wikileaks-flyttar-till-karnvapensaker-anlaggning |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Sweden]] |language=Swedish |date=30 August 2010 |accessdate=18 March 2011 |archive-date=22 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922040341/http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.336529/wikileaks-flyttar-till-karnvapensaker-anlaggning |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="LA Times 2010-12-02">{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/12/wikileaks-bahnhof-amazon.html |title=WikiLeaks' new home is in a former bomb shelter |date=2 December 2010 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=18 March 2011 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413121631/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/12/wikileaks-bahnhof-amazon.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==History==
Bahnhof was founded in 1994 by [[Oscar Swartz]]. It was one of Sweden's first ISPs.<ref name="IDG 2010-04-15">{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Daniel |date=15 April 2010 |title=Jon Karlung kliver av |trans-title=Jon Karlung steps down |
After [[WikiLeaks]] was kicked off of [[Amazon Web Services]] in December 2010 after the [[United States documents leak of the War in Afghanistan|Afghan War documents leak]], it bought server space from Bahnhof, as its chairman Jon Karlung said in press interviews.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="LA Times 2010-12-02" /> Wikileaks later changed providers again and Bahnhof auctioned off the servers that previously housed Wikileaks.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bahnhof auktionerar ut Wikileaks-server. Pengarna går till Reportrar utan gränser. | website=Feber / Webb | date=2007-03-27 | url=https://feber.se/webb/bahnhof-auktionerar-ut-wikileaks-server/280461/ | language=sv | access-date=2024-03-24 | archive-date=24 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324141830/https://feber.se/webb/bahnhof-auktionerar-ut-wikileaks-server/280461/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
On 10 March 2005, the [[Swedish Police Authority|Swedish police]] confiscated four [[server (computing)|servers]] placed in the Bahnhof premises, hoping to find [[copyright]]ed material. Although these servers were located near Bahnhof's server park (in a network lab area) the company claimed they were not their property since they had been privately purchased by staff. They further presented evidence showing the material on these servers had been planted there by someone hired by [[Svenska Antipiratbyrån]], a Swedish anti-copyright infringement organisation.<ref name="Aftonbladet 2005-03-22">{{cite news |title=Antipiratbyrån anklagas för piratverksamhet |trans-title=Antipiratbyrån accused of piracy |first=Caroline |last=Olsson |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/pryl/article274012.ab |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=Swedish |date=22 March 2005 |accessdate=18 March 2011}}</ref>▼
==Government response==
In 2009, Bahnhof generated controversy by failing to store the [[IP address]]es of customers, in order to defeat the Swedish government's new laws on illegal [[file sharing|file-sharing]], [[transposition (law)|transposing]] the EU [[IPRED]] regulations, which enabled ISPs to retain data longer than the [[data protection]] regulations would allow, in order for them to be available on police request.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003184646/http://www.thelocal.se/18882.html |archive-date=3 October 2012|url=http://www.thelocal.se/18882.html |title=ISP sabotages file sharing law |work=[[The Local]] |date=16 April 2009 |accessdate=15 October 2015 }}</ref>▼
▲On 10 March 2005, the [[Swedish Police Authority|Swedish police]] confiscated four [[server (computing)|servers]] placed in the Bahnhof premises, hoping to find [[copyright]]ed material. Although these servers were located near Bahnhof's server park (in a network lab area) the company claimed they were not their property since they had been privately purchased by staff. They further presented evidence showing the material on these servers had been planted there by someone hired by [[Svenska Antipiratbyrån]], a Swedish anti-copyright infringement organisation.<ref name="Aftonbladet 2005-03-22">{{cite news |title=Antipiratbyrån anklagas för piratverksamhet |trans-title=Antipiratbyrån accused of piracy |first=Caroline |last=Olsson |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/pryl/article274012.ab |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=Swedish |date=22 March 2005 |accessdate=18 March 2011 |archive-date=19 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219203604/http://www.aftonbladet.se/pryl/article274012.ab |url-status=live }}</ref>
▲In 2009, Bahnhof generated controversy by failing to store the [[IP address]]es of customers, in order to defeat the Swedish government's new laws on illegal [[file sharing|file-sharing]], [[transposition (law)|transposing]] the EU [[IPRED]] regulations, which enabled ISPs to retain data longer than the [[data protection]] regulations would allow, in order for them to be available on police request.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003184646/http://www.thelocal.se/18882.html |archive-date=3 October 2012|url=http://www.thelocal.se/18882.html |title=ISP sabotages file sharing law |work=[[The Local]] |date=16 April 2009 |accessdate=15 October 2015 }}</ref>
In April 2014, the [[Court of Justice of the European Union|CJEU]] struck down the [[Data Retention Directive]]. [[Swedish Post and Telecom Authority|PTS]], Sweden's telecommunications regulator, told Swedish [[Internet service provider|ISPs]] and telcos that they would no longer have to retain call records and internet metadata.<ref name="PC WOrld 2014-04-11">{{cite news |last1=Essers |first1=Loek |title=Sweden won't enforce data retention law against ISP that deleted metadata |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2142780/sweden-wont-enforce-data-retention-law-against-isp-that-deleted-metadata.html |work=
In October 2018, [[Elsevier]] secured a court order that required Swedish ISPs to block access to [[Sci-Hub]] websites. While complying with the order, Bahnhof also soft-blocked access to Elsevier website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/the-sciences/elsevier-forces-isp-to-block-access-to-sci-hub-isp-blocks-elsevier-as-well|title=Elsevier Forces ISP to Block Access to Sci-Hub, ISP Blocks Elsevier as Well|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-03-15|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517232657/https://thewire.in/the-sciences/elsevier-forces-isp-to-block-access-to-sci-hub-isp-blocks-elsevier-as-well|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube |id=qwlATf9xse4 |title=Data Center Tour presented by Jon Karlung }}
* {{Official website|http://
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110208232449/http://www.architecturenewsplus.com/projects/1407 Pictures of ''Pionen''] on ''Architecture News Plus''
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