GeographyStandardCC0

SCB Geodata — Swedish statistical areas

Name: SCB Geodata — Swedish statistical areas
License: CC0

SCB's open geodata service via GeoServer WFS provides GeoJSON polygons for Swedish statistical areas: RegSO (~3,360 areas), DeSO (~6,160) and urban areas (~2,017). Can be linked to the SCB statistics database (the scb connector) for spatial analysis via RegSO/DeSO codes. CC0, no auth. Complements Lantmäteriet for full Swedish geodata coverage. Issue #1207.

12K rows

Data volume

Yearly

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /connectors/scb-geodata/layers

{
  "layer": "regso",
  "count": 1,
  "regions": [
    {
      "layer": "regso",
      "code": "1292R012",
      "name": "Ängelholm centrum",
      "kommun": "1292"
    }
  ]
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

scb_geodata.layers

scb_geodata.region

scb_geodata.regions

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scb-geodata": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/scb-geodata",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

API endpoints

GET

/layers

List eksponerte geodatalag

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/scb-geodata/layers
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/scb-geodata/layers"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/regions

Statistiske områder som GeoJSON. Uten `bbox`/`kommun` returneres første side av laget.

layer required: Geografisk lag (SCB statistiske områder) layer=regso
bbox optional: Avgrensningsboks som fire komma-separerte tall: minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat (WGS84). Annet format gir 400. bbox=17.8,59.2,18.3,59.5
kommun optional: Numerisk svensk kommunekode (1–6 siffer). Annet format gir 400. kommun=0180
limit optional: Maks antall regioner. Verdi utenfor 1–100 gir 400. limit=20

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/scb-geodata/regions?layer=regso
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/scb-geodata/regions?layer=regso"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/region

Én region via kode (CQL-filter)

layer required: Geografisk lag (SCB statistiske områder) layer=regso
code required: Regionkode i laget code=1961R007

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/scb-geodata/region?layer=regso&code=1961R007
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/scb-geodata/region?layer=regso&code=1961R007"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

SCB Geodata — Swedish statistical areas is openly available — create an account to get started.

sverigegeografigeodatakartstatistikknordisk