Principle 1
Primary source, always
Every figure links to its origin — SCB, Brå, NIER, ESO, the Police, the Swedish National Agency for Education, the Election Authority, OECD. We never cite a second-hand site as the source.
Our method
How we work — and what you can hold us to
Sverigefakta compiles official statistics. We are anonymous for privacy reasons — but everything we show is traceable to public primary sources. You don't have to trust us. You can verify us. That's the whole point.
Our principles
We commit to the following — and you can hold us to it.
Principle 2
We disaggregate rather than lump together
An average often hides more than it shows. We report subgroups (e.g. immigration by reason) when the data allows, because the whole would otherwise be misleading.
Principle 3
We separate measurement from interpretation
What a number is and what it means are two different things. We keep them apart, and we write it out when something is an interpretation rather than a measurement.
Principle 4
We don't set the threshold for you
We show where something stands — compared with the country, over time, ranked — but we don't decide whether it's "good" or "bad". That judgement is yours.
Principle 5
We show what contradicts
When the data contradicts a common claim — including among our own readers — we report it just as clearly as the data that confirms it. A site that only shows what it wants is not a facts site.
Principle 6
We report uncertainty
Margins of error, short time series, definition differences and data breaks are written out, not away. Where research disagrees we show multiple perspectives.
Principle 7
Correlation is not causation
That two things move together doesn't mean one causes the other. We remind readers where it's easy to draw hasty conclusions.
Principle 8
We correct openly
When we're wrong, we change it — and write it in our changelog, dated. Correcting isn't a weakness; it's what makes a facts site worth trusting.
Method rules
The technical translation of the principles above — this is how we build every page.
Common page structure
Consistency over variation. Every data/chapter page follows the same seven building blocks:
- Hero — rubrik, kort ingress, källrad (”Data från: …”).
- Sektioner med scroll-reveal.
- Varje siffra/graf — värde, enhet, år, källa; rikssnitt + pil + rankning där relevant.
- ”Vad datan inte säger”-block där osäkerhet eller begränsningar finns.
- Källfot med primärkällor.
- ”Senast uppdaterad”-datum.
- Relaterade sidor + (på kommunsidor) grannkommuner.
Principle 0 — overrides everything
If a rule clashes with what the data shows — follow the data.
Rules serve truth, not the other way round.
Found an error?
A number that doesn't match its source is the most important thing you can show us. We correct openly and date it in the changelog.
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