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Statistics Sweden

LMO Description
Organisation: 
Statistics Sweden
Proposed role in INSPIRE development
  • allocate experts to Drafting Teams
    • yes
  • be kept informed
    • yes
    Details
    Level of authority: 
    National
    Formal Mandate: 
    <p>Regulation (2007:762) with instruction for Statistics Sweden.</p>
    Main Activities: 
    Statistics Sweden is an administrative agency. Our main task is to supply customers with statistics for decisionmaking, debate and research. We are mainly assigned these tasks by the government and different agencies, but we also have customers in the private sector and among researchers. Besides producing and communicating our statistical data, we are tasked with supporting and coordinating the Swedish system for official statistics. We also take part in international statistical cooperation.
    URL: 
    http://www.scb.se/
    Area of work/experience
    Geographic Domain:: 
    National
    Sweden
    Societal Sector: 
    Central government
    Specific Expertise: 
    Data Specifications
    Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development: 
    Long experience in production of registerbased statistics on all regional levels. Extensive use of GIS in statistics production. Members of the European Forum for GeoStatistics.
    Primary Business: 
    Producer of official statistics
    INSPIRE Data Themes
    Coordinator
    Statistical units, Population distribution and demography
    Producer
    Geographical grid systems, Statistical units, Land use, Utility and governmental services, Population distribution and demography
    Theme User
    Coordinate reference systems, Geographical names, Administrative units, Addresses, Cadastral parcels, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Land cover, Geology, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Land use, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Sea regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Energy Resources