Open Knowledge

Sweden / 2013 67% open

Sweden is ranked #8 in the 2013 Index

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. Score
1 National Statistics
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http://www.scb.se/Pages/List__... JSON API n/a 100%
1 National Statistics
URL: http://www.scb.se/Pages/List____354082.aspx
Format: JSON API

JSON API to access the statistical data. No official license but FAQ indicates no problem with commercial use. Seems open enough.


1 Pollutant Emissions
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http://data.naturvardsverket.s... Excel, ... n/a 100%
1 Pollutant Emissions
URL: http://data.naturvardsverket.se/DataSet/Details/4
Format: Excel, oData

Air quality data on CC-zero licence


1 Election Results
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http://www.val.se/tidigare_val... XML ... n/a 100%
1 Election Results
URL: http://www.val.se/tidigare_val/
Format: XML and Excel

Detailed data in XML format available from the Swedish Election Authority. Edit: If one drills down through the pages, one can find XML and Excel files detailing the results. Eg. the following page is of the previous (2010) general elections' results in data files http://www.val.se/val/val2010/statistik/index.html


1 Government Budget
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http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/... n/a n/a 100%
1 Government Budget
URL: http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/2548/a/199285


Available in Excel format.


4 Transport Timetables
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http://www.trafiklab.se/api/gt... n/a n/a 80%
4 Transport Timetables
URL: http://www.trafiklab.se/api/gtfs-sverige


Available in GTFS format as open data.


25 National Map
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http://www.lantmateriet.se/Kar... Shape, ... n/a 55%
25 National Map
URL: http://www.lantmateriet.se/Kartor-och-geografisk-information/Kartor/
Format: Shape, jpeg, tiff

Lantmäteriets National maps are availiable in the scales 1:1 000 000 (Sweden map), 1:250 000 (Overview map), 1:100 000 (Roadmap) and 1:10 000 (Real property map) with national coverage. There is also a terrain map in the scale 1:50 000. The Sweden map in the scale 1:1 000 000 is available as a open downloadable dataset at this url: http://www.lantmateriet.se/Kartor-och-geografisk-information/Kartor/Sverigekartor/Gratis-Sverigekartor/ (the page and license is in Swedish). The other datasets are avaliable as WMS services and you can also order them as datasets from Lantmäteriets, but you can not download them. There is also a scalable webmap with national coverage that is availiable as a WMS and WMT services. These datasets are not open.


26 Legislation
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http://62.95.69.15/sfs/sfst_fo... txt n/a 45%
26 Legislation
URL: http://62.95.69.15/sfs/sfst_form2.html
Format: txt

Unstructured text data for now. Plans to release linked open data has been around for years but not turned into practice.


16 Company Register
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http://www.bolagsverket.se/psi... csv n/a 45%
16 Company Register
URL: http://www.bolagsverket.se/psidata
Format: csv

Most of the information is available for a fee.


33 Location datasets
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http://www.postnummerservice.s... n/a n/a 40%
33 Location datasets
URL: http://www.postnummerservice.se/filer/postnummerfiler/postnummerfilen/


Available for a fee (approx EUR 2000 for weekly updates per year). No plans to make it available as open data. National postal company sent takedown notice to entrepreneurs that scraped and republished some of the data.


36 Government Spending
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n/a n/a n/a 5%
36 Government Spending


Available on request but law only gives you the right to receive it on paper. If gvmt official approves you may get it electronically.


Contributors

Reviewers

  • Georg Neumann
  • Daniela Mattern
  • Gil Zaretzer
  • Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen
  • Kamil Gregor
  • Neal Bastek
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Zach Christensen
  • anonymous
  • Nisha Thompson
  • yar michl
  • Rebecca Sentance
  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Codrina Maria Ilie

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  • Daniela Mattern
  • Peter Krantz
  • Asmen Gül
  • Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen
  • anonymous
  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Codrina Maria Ilie