Postcodes / Zipcodes 55% open

Sweden

Sweden is ranked #15 for this dataset
Sweden's Index ranking for postcodes / zipcodes is up from #31 in 2013

What data is expected?

A database of postcodes/zipcodes and the corresponding geospatial locations in terms of a latitude and a longitude (or similar co-ordinates in an openly published national co-ordinate system). A database which gives a location in terms of the name of a town or a street without lat/long co-ordinates is not considered acceptable unless the name of the town or street can be further converted to a latitude and longitude by means of other open data (eg an open gazetteer with latitude and longitude attributes).

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes published by Postnummerservice Norden AB)
  •   Is the data available for free? No
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

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.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Laura James
  • Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen

Submitters

  • Peter Krantz