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Open access to Sweden’s biodiversity data and analysis tools

SBDI brings biodiversity data together

SDBI aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources and makes it available and usable online. It is the largest collection of freely available biodiversity data in Sweden.

Making the most of biodiversity data

Biodiversity data about plants, animals and fungi and their habitats may be used to educate and inform and in environmental decision-making, state of the environment assessments and restoration and rewilding.

News

Data Fika: ten coffee breaks with GBIF data

Aug 18, 2026

GBIF Sweden is launching Data Fika, a new online series for Sweden’s biodiversity data community. Running from September 2026 to June 2027, the series offers ten informal sessions covering the journey from finding and using biodiversity data to preparing and publishing your own data through GBIF.

GBIF Sweden part of newly funded BID project to strengthen museum collection digitization and biodiversity data use in Africa

May 13, 2026

SBDI is excited to see GBIF Sweden take part in important new BID project, helping strengthen biodiversity data mobilization and museum collection digitization across East and Southern Africa. The initiative highlights the growing importance of open, FAIR biodiversity data and international collaboration in supporting research, conservation, and evidence-based decision-making — values that are central to both SBDI and GBIF Sweden.

SBDI includes the Swedish node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

SBDI is made possible by contributions from its partners and financers