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Barnluren now ships to Spain, Denmark and Finland

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Stockholm, Sweden · 8 September 2026 · For immediate release

Barnluren, the screen-free home landline for children that can only reach the people their parents have approved, is now open for orders in Spain, Denmark and Finland — its first markets outside Sweden. Devices are in stock and ship immediately.

Barnluren is a landline for the home, connected over Wi-Fi to a closed family network. The child can only call contacts their parents have approved. No screen, no open internet, no connection to the public phone network. The handset can be an analogue phone the family already owns.

The family side of the network has always been international: parents, grandparents and friends answer in the free Barnluren app, which works anywhere in the world. What is new is that the child's device now ships to homes in Spain, Denmark and Finland as well as Sweden.

"Since we announced Barnluren, people from all over the world have been reaching out and asking us to ship to their country," says Greg Chrystall, co-founder of Barnluren. "We're happy to be making a start on that journey."

The expansion comes as the debate about children and smartphones sharpens across Europe. Finland restricted mobile phone use during the school day by law from August 2025. Denmark's schools and after-school clubs are phone-free by law from this school year, on the recommendation of the government's wellbeing commission. In Spain, every region now has rules restricting phones in the classroom. School bans settle the school day — Barnluren is built for the hours after it: a real phone at home means parents can say no to the smartphone without cutting their child off from family and friends.

How it works

Two children with Barnluren call each other directly. Family and friends answer in the app. Setup takes about five minutes. Calls are never recorded, and the only data held about the child is a first name. The service runs on Barnluren's own infrastructure within the EU, with no advertising and no sale of data.

Old analogue phones work just as they are. Barnluren also takes in used phones and gets them ringing again in a new family's home: barnluren.com/kretsloppet.

Price

  • Spain and Finland: €49 for the adapter + €4/month, first 30 days free — or rent for €8/month from day one
  • Denmark: DKK 349 for the adapter + DKK 27.50/month, first 30 days free — or rent for DKK 55/month from day one
  • Sweden: SEK 499 for the adapter + SEK 40/month, first 30 days free — or rent for SEK 80/month from day one

Terms: No lock-in. Purchased hardware can be returned within 6 months. Barnluren is a closed network and cannot call outside numbers, including the emergency number 112. Order at barnluren.com.

About Barnluren. A screen-free way for children to stay in touch with friends and family. Founded in Stockholm in 2025 by Greg Chrystall and Ivan Soltic; Andreas Tael joined as co-founder in 2026. Operated by Barnluren 555 AB (Swedish company reg. no. 559480-7827).

Press contact: Greg Chrystall · [email protected] · +46 70 969 09 86 · Press images: barnluren.com/press

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