> I don't even see salary or what your debt is as "personal information" (am Swede not in Sweden), personal information is stuff that no one else would need to know. What people earn affects not just people around you and others in the workplace but also society at large, makes a ton of sense for that stuff to be public.

In a high trust culture I get this. But what about if you're in a low trust culture with quite some "not so orderly behavior" (if you will).