Fredrik Neij, a Swedish man who co-founded the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, was released from a Swedish prison several hours ago, TorrentFreak reports.

Neij has been "reunited with family and friends" and is expected to return to Laos, where he lives with his wife and children. The website posted a picture, provided by a family member, of Neij "enjoying his freedom."

Living in Laos allowed Neij to flout a Swedish arrest warrant for a while. But in 2014, he was arrested by Thai authorities near the Laotian border.

All four of the Swedish men who created The Pirate Bay have now served prison sentences. Peter Sunde served five months last year. The site's financier Carl Lundström was sentenced to four months of home arrest in 2012. Gottfrid Svartholm, who was convicted on both copyright and computer hacking charges, remains imprisoned.

During his imprisonment, Neij requested to have an original Nintendo in his cell. Swedish authorities denied the request.

Despite the criminal convictions, The Pirate Bay remains functioning today, although it has shifted Web domains several times.