Kristine Ulander, DIGG on Sweden's new data portal

Recently, it was announced that Sweden will have a new national data portal called the Sweden Data Portal. The portal is the result of the government's assignment on open data, where DIGG was tasked with further developing the national portal to become more user-friendly and functional. We put a few questions to Kristine Ulander, strategist with a focus on open data at DIGG.

What is the purpose of the new portal?
The Sweden Data Portal is a hub that coordinates and makes available data provided for further use. The goal is to increase Sweden's ability to utilize data as a strategic resource and improve digital collaboration between the public sector, business and civil society. It strengthens the ability of both individuals and businesses to understand what data is available for use from the public sector and makes it easier to find the right one.

What help will businesses be able to get?
Data is a national resource for the development of society as a whole. On Sweden's data portal, for example, entrepreneurs, business developers and entrepreneurs can search for data that can be used for their particular idea or field of activity. Data is used in all kinds of apps and services, and there is a lot of data just waiting to be put to wider use.

What do you hope the new portal will contribute to?
We hope that the Sweden Data Portal will help to strengthen the innovation climate, where data is used and creates value across sectors and by more actors. We also hope that the Sweden Data Portal will be an engine to encourage more organizations to share and exchange their data.

The portal is available at dataportal.se