Sweden 66% open

Sweden is ranked #12 in the 2014 Index
Sweden's overall Index ranking is down from #8 in 2013

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. (2013) Score
1 National Statistics
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http://www.scb.se/api/ JSON #1  100% 100%
1 National Statistics
URL: http://www.scb.se/api/
Format: JSON

JSON API for large amounts of statistical data. The API is rate limited but possible to use to retrieve large amounts of data. License terms comparable to CC-BY (but CC-BY not explicitly stated).


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

Air quality data on CC-zero license

The report from 2013 may be their latest report, because I could not find one from 2014. Nevertheless, I felt it was important to note that it was not from 2014.

According to the description, the report was created 2013-02-01, but it also says that the latest update was in December 2012. Not to mention, it should be an annual update (every December to be exact) according to the description, which means an update from December 2013 should exist. There is no update from December 2013 to be found.


1 Election Results
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http://www.val.se/tidigare_val... XML ... #1  100% 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


10 Transport Timetables
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http://www.trafiklab.se/api/gt... GTFS #4  80% 95%
10 Transport Timetables
URL: http://www.trafiklab.se/api/gtfs-sverige
Format: GTFS

Available in GTFS format. License is a modification of CC-BY with some limitations on areas of use.. Unsure if this counts as open data.


23 Government Budget
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http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/... Excel #1  100% 70%
23 Government Budget
URL: http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/2548/a/199285
Format: Excel

Available in Excel format. No explicit license information.


15 Postcodes / Zipcodes
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http://www.postnummerservice.s... CSV #31  40% 55%
15 Postcodes / Zipcodes
URL: http://www.postnummerservice.se/filer/postnummerfiler/postnummerfilen/
Format: CSV

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.


23 Company Register
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https://snr4.bolagsverket.se/s... csv? #16  45% 50%
23 Company Register
URL: https://snr4.bolagsverket.se/snrgate/startIn.do
Format: csv?

Information is only available for a fee. Very sparse information avialable as open data (http://www.bolagsverket.se/om/oss/vidareutnyttjande/oppna-data-1.10631) but doesn't include basics such as address.


34 Legislation
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http://62.95.69.15/sfs/sfst_fo... n/a #25  45% 45%
34 Legislation
URL: http://62.95.69.15/sfs/sfst_form2.html


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


61 National Map
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https://www.geodata.se/Geodata... n/a #24  55% 30%
61 National Map
URL: https://www.geodata.se/GeodataExplorer/index.jsp?loc=en


An online map for navigation and selecting various layers is available here: https://www.geodata.se/GeodataExplorer/index.jsp?loc=en User can only download the current view of the map as PDF

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 agency is funded by charging for data and thus very little open data is available. A couple of map products is provided (http://www.lantmateriet.se/en/Maps-and-geographic-information/Valj-produktomrade/#faq:Digitala-allmanna-kartor). Data can't be downloaded in bulk though. The license is not open: http://www.lantmateriet.se/en/Maps-and-geographic-information/Geodata-services/Villkor-och-avgifter/

The only openly licensed map data (in the scale 1:1 000 000) is available at this url: http://www.lantmateriet.se/Kartor-och-geografisk-information/Kartor/Sverigekartor/Gratis-Sverigekartor/


16 Government Spending
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n/a n/a #34  5% 10%
16 Government Spending


Not clear if detailed spending records could be retrieved from the government offices (Regeringskansliet) under a FOIA request.


Contributors

Reviewers

  • Daniela Mattern
  • Laura James
  • Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Sander van der Waal
  • Christian Villum
  • Miska Knapek
  • Anders Pedersen

Submitters

  • Tryggvi Björgvinsson
  • Daniela Mattern
  • Peter Krantz
  • Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen
  • Ulrika Domellöf Mattsson
  • Asmen Gül
  • Daniel Frisk