Localities are built-up areas with at least 200 inhabitants. Localities are represented as polygons with attribute information on number of inhabitants, land area and more. Until 2015 data was updated once every five years, and since 2016 updates have been made once every three years.

How you may use Statistics Sweden´s open geodata

Geospatial data services

All Statistics Sweden’s open geospatial data are available through WMS and WFS services for direct access in GIS clients. The datasets are available in the following Services:

WMS (Web Map Service)
https://geodata.scb.se/geoserver/stat/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities 

WFS (Web Feature Service)
https://geodata.scb.se/geoserver/stat/wfs?service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=GetCapabilities

A guide on how to connect to the services is available in SCB:s öppna geodata via WMS- och WFS-tjänster (pdf) (in Swedish).

Download geospatial data

If you prefer to download the data in geopackage format, you can use the links below.