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.
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Our method
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.
We commit to the following — and you can hold us to it.
Principle 1
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.
Principle 2
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.
The technical translation of the principles above — this is how we build every page.
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Consistency over variation. Every data/chapter page follows the same seven building blocks:
Principle 0 — overrides everything
If a rule clashes with what the data shows — follow the data.
Rules serve truth, not the other way round.
Från primärkälla till publicerad sida — sex spårbara steg med versionshistorik.
Primärkälla identifieras: myndighet, forskningsinstitut eller officiell databas. Andrahandskällor (opinionsbildare, ledarsidor) godkänns aldrig som källa.
Definitioner, år, enhet och avgränsning verifieras mot originaldokumentet. Vid oklarheter kontaktas myndigheten eller så publiceras inte siffran.
Om vi räknar själva (kohorter, framskrivningar, index) dokumenteras formel, antaganden och känslighetsanalys. Egna beräkningar märks explicit.
Diagram byggs enligt principerna i D. Färg får aldrig vara enda betydelsebäraren. Kort visar värde, enhet, år och källa.
Sidan publiceras med källrad, ”senast uppdaterad” och länk till primärkälla. Metadata (title, description, JSON-LD) genereras.
Varje ändring loggas i changeloggen med datum, sida och beskrivning. Vi skriver aldrig över tidigare innehåll utan spår.
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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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