Open data portals around Europe: Sweden encouraging and fueling innovation
How data sharing initiatives lead to more than 17 000 available datasets
Sweden’s data portal is supporting the ambition for open data to become a strategic societal resource, which business, society, and the public sector can use. The portal has reached a total of 17 000 datasets, which are supplied by 335 different organisations, and this number is frequently updated on their website. These datasets contribute to Sweden’s ambition to foster innovation power to help society move forward.
The data portal is divided in 13 different categories, with the government and public sector being the biggest one (7 000 datasets), followed by population and society (6 900 datasets). Each dataset contains information about the frequency it is updated, keywords, and the publisher. In addition to the mentioned datasets, website users can find relevant news pieces about the portal and open data.
Additionally, users are encouraged by Sweden’s data portal to collaborate and exchange ideas through their community channel. This channel facilitates discussion on different open data topics, which can lead to innovative ideas or collaborations. The Swedish government is innovating themselves by prioritising the promotion of public administration’s ability to use artificial intelligence (AI). The data portal developed a guide for AI in practice, and an AI page to inform and inspire the public sector.
Whether you are a person who wants to share data, or you are working with data driven development and innovation, Sweden’s data portal provides support for goals of working with open data. Their portal displays Swedish examples of using open data and encourages data users to work together.
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