General Country Information
Capital: Stockholm
Population: 9,074,055 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Unitary Parliamentary Democracy / Constitutional Monarchy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 5.323 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 10.988 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 3.886 million (2009)
Internet users: 8.1 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.70
World Rank 2005/2006: 9
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
From Patient to Citizen: A National Action Plan for Disability Policy (1999)
http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c4/14/78/e9da3800.pdf
Web Accessibility Policy Making: Perspective on Sweden
Download the G3ict White Paper
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Agrenska
P.O. box 2058
S436 02, Hovas
Sweden
http://www.agrenska.se
Email: agrenska@agrenska.se
Tel: +46-31-911090
Fax: +46-31-911979
Forum Women and Disability in Sweden (FWDS)
Krukmakargatan 73
Stockholm, 117 41
Sweden
http://kvinnor-handikapp.se
Email: kvinnor.handikapp@swipnet.se
Tel: +46-8-6731531
Fax: +46-8-229511
Independent Living Institute – Sweden
Arenavägen 63 7th floor
12177 Stockholm-Johanneshov
Sweden
http://www.independentliving.org
Email: adolf.ratzka@independentliving.org
Tel: +46-8-7404200
International Federation of Hard of Hearing
P.O. Box 6605
S-113 84, Stockholm
Sweden
http://www.ifhoh.org
Multiply Disabled Visually Impaired European Network
Ekeskolan Resource Centre
Box 9024, Orebro, S-70009
Sweden
http://www.deafblindinternational.org/standard/network_mdvi.html
Email: kent.lundkvist@sit.se
Tel: +46-19-6762-151
Fax: +46-19-6762-210
Samhall Group (SG)
Linngatan 89E
P.O. Box 27705
Stockholm, 115 91
Sweden
http://www.samhall.se
Email: samhall.info@samhall.se
STIL (Stockholm Cooperative for Independent Living)
Arenvägen 63 7th
Stockholm-Johanneshov
Sweden
http://www.stil.se
Email: bjorn.jideus@stil.se
Tel: +46-8-506-22150
Sveriges Dövas Riksförbund
Magnus Ladulasgatan 63 4tr
Stockholm, 11827
Sweden
http://www.sdrf.se
Email: sdr@sdrf.se
Tel: +46-8-442-1461
TTY: +46-8-442-1460
Fax: +46-8-442-1499
Swedish Association of Neurologically Disabled
P.O. Box 32 84
Stockholm, 103 65
Sweden
http://www.nhr.se
Email: nhr@nhr.se
Tel: +46-8-677-7010
Fax: +46-824-1315
Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired
Sandsborgsvagen 52
Enskede, S-122 88
Sweden
http://www.srfriks.org
Email: bertil.skold@srfriks.org
Tel: +46-8-399000
Swedish Committee for Rehabilitation International (SVERI)
c/o Afasiforbundet i Sverige/Swedish Aphasia Assoc
Kampementsgatan 14
Stockholm, 115 38
Sweden
http://www.sveri.se/eng.htm
Email: info@sveri.se
Tel: +46-8-7869262
The Swedish Handicap Institute
P.O. Box 510
162 15 Vällingby
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden
http://www.hi.se
Email: info@hi.se
Tel: +46-8-6201700
Fax: +46-8-7392152
Turism För Alla i Sverige EF
P.O. Box 1087
25110, Helsingborg
Sweden
http://www.turismforalla.se
Email: info@turismforalla.se
Tel: +46-42-134801
Fax: +46-42-136185