No government understands IT the slightest, because of that I don't know of a single governmental entity that cares the slightest of the rights of its citizens when it comes to computer and internet stuff. They don't even understand it so how can they be respectful of it?
As a Swede, I certainly wouldn't trust the Scandinavian countries for this. It's not uncommon to hear politicians claim that internet anonymity and encryption altogether should be completely abandoned.
Also, ISPs typically have numerous laws that forbid eavesdropping, VPNs don't. And seeing as how the government can always ask to get any information they want from any VPN provider (and that the VPN provider is, supposedly, legally obligated to keep records of their customers (in many countries, including Sweden)) using a VPN might be the worst thing you could possibly do, if you want anonymity or integrity. I'm guessing that most VPNs in Sweden straight up Lie about this, when this issue was hot a few years ago you either couldn't get a straight answer or you got one that admitted to record keeping - many (including many of those on torrentfreaks list) just stated that they had to, by law, keep records and that they had to hand them over if asked (with a court order). The law hasn't changed what I know, the PR department of VPN providers probably has though...
And even if they don't have any records to share, who is to say they can't, by request, eavesdrop on current traffic.
For it to have any real effect I'd choose a VPN that is in another country than the one you are in. Although this will probably not have any real effect either if you attract some serious attention, especially considering that unlike an ISP, a VPN provider could legally betray it's customers without an court order (in exchange for being quiet about it).
As a Swede, I certainly wouldn't trust the Scandinavian countries for this. It's not uncommon to hear politicians claim that internet anonymity and encryption altogether should be completely abandoned.
Also, ISPs typically have numerous laws that forbid eavesdropping, VPNs don't. And seeing as how the government can always ask to get any information they want from any VPN provider (and that the VPN provider is, supposedly, legally obligated to keep records of their customers (in many countries, including Sweden)) using a VPN might be the worst thing you could possibly do, if you want anonymity or integrity. I'm guessing that most VPNs in Sweden straight up Lie about this, when this issue was hot a few years ago you either couldn't get a straight answer or you got one that admitted to record keeping - many (including many of those on torrentfreaks list) just stated that they had to, by law, keep records and that they had to hand them over if asked (with a court order). The law hasn't changed what I know, the PR department of VPN providers probably has though...
And even if they don't have any records to share, who is to say they can't, by request, eavesdrop on current traffic.
For it to have any real effect I'd choose a VPN that is in another country than the one you are in. Although this will probably not have any real effect either if you attract some serious attention, especially considering that unlike an ISP, a VPN provider could legally betray it's customers without an court order (in exchange for being quiet about it).