Environmental monitoring data

The Swedish EPA, as the funding body of the Swedish national environmental monitoring programme, owns the data collected. This data may be used freely provided the source is referenced. Copyright of data funded by other bodies, such as county administrative boards or water associations, is retained by the respective owner.

Data funded by the Swedish EPA may generally be downloaded or requested free of charge over the Internet. Special orders, however, may incur a cost depending on the amount of data requested and the form in which it is to be delivered.

Sources of data downloads

Data from environmental monitoring is available through the links in the table below, where they are grouped by topic. The column entitled “Type of data hosted” contains links to pages where you can find data, maps, and in some cases mapping services. You will also find descriptions of data formats, quality assurance systems and study methods. Data is available from on-going and past studies. 

 

Major subject areas		Type of data  hosted		Host
Air		Atmospheric chemistry. Ozone and dispersion estimates		Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
		Air data		IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
		Urban air quality data		IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Freshwater		Groundwater chemistry		SGU, Geological Survey of  Sweden
		Chemistry and biology of lakes and rivers. (For fish, see next)		Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Aquatic Science Assessment
		Fisheries data from Sweden's lakes, rivers and coasts		Swedish Board of Fisheries, Freshwater laboratory
Seas and coastal areas		Hydrographic, marine biological, and chemical data from the Baltic and the Skagerrak–Kattegat   Fisheries data from Sweden's lakes, rivers and coasts		Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute   Swedish Board of Fisheries, Freshwater laboratory
Agricultural land		Nutrients and pesticides in surface and groundwater on farmland. Nutrients and trace elements  in soils and crops. Soil compaction		Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Soil and Environment
Wetlands		Wetlands inventory		Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Soil and Environment
Toxic pollutants		Toxic pollutants and heavy metals in sediment		SGU, Geological Survey of Sweden
		Toxic pollutants and heavy metals in biological material		IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
		Toxic pollutants and heavy metals – screening database		IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Health-related environmental monitoring		Impacts of the external environment on human health		IMM, Institute of Environmental Medicine
Bathing water		Bathing water quality		SMI, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control

 Contact: Anders Foureaux, anders.foureaux(a)naturvardsverket.se