Commons:Wikimedia Sverige
Wikimedia Sverige is a Wikimedia chapter.
Among other activities − detailed on Meta − Wikimedia Sverige supports the Wikimedia Commons project and community in several ways.
Supporting volunteers
Media accreditations
The chapter helps in getting accredited for various events. See this page (in Swedish) for more help and this category for all images. Examples of accreditations:
Privileged access
The chapter negotiates privileged access for photographers to special places and collections, especially related to cultural institutions:
Lending equipment
The chapter has purchased photographic equipment which can be freely borrowed by contributors. Content produced by this equipment can be found in Category:Media created by technology pool of Wikimedia Sverige.
Sample of our technology.
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Nikon D7500
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Nikon D7000
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Nikon D600
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Nikkor AF 70-200/2.8G
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Canon EOS M50 Mark II
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Canon Powershot G10
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Rode NTG-2 microphone
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GoPro HERO3 Black
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Gigapan
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Ricoh Theta S
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Zoom H4N Audio recorder
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CZUR Ultra Shine scanner
Sponsoring photographic expeditions
Wikimedia Sverige has also sponsored several different photographic expeditions. These include both aerial photography and photo hunts of different kinds.
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A photo hunt with a van, 2011
A few figures
Wikimedia Sverige has already supported the creation of 24,134 media through the technology pool alone. Among those:
- 120 are featured pictures
- 31 are valued images
- 3,647 are quality images
Encouraging participation
The chapter encourages participation to the Wikimedia projects, through the organisation of photographic rallies or contests like Wiki Loves Monuments. As a direct result of these efforts 37,327 files have been made available on Wikimedia Commons.
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Public Art 2013 in Sweden
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Concept image for Då och Nu (2014)
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2019 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2021 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Sweden
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Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in Sweden
Opening and sharing free material
The chapter strives to create partnerships with cultural institutions, aiming among other thing to help them opening and sharing their public domain collections. As a direct result of these efforts 307,465 files have been made available on Wikimedia Commons.
The category for partnerships is Category:Partnerships with Wikimedia Sverige.
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Image from Regionarkivet in 2009
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Image from Bonniers in 2010
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Image from Nordiska museet in 2011
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Image from LSH in 2013
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Image from Riksarkivet in 2014
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Sound from Work With Sounds in 2014
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Image from LSH in 2014
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Image from Kungliga biblioteket in 2015
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Image from LSH in 2015
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Image from National Maritime Museums in Sweden in 2015
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Image from LSH in 2016
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Image from Nationalmuseum (Stockholm) in 2016
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Image from Gruppo Archeologico Romano in 2016
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Image from Associazione DecArch in 2016
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Image from the Museum of Ethnography in 2016
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Image from the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in 2017
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Image from UNESCO in 2017
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Image from the Swedish National Heritage Board in 2017
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Image from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2017
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Image from the Stockholm National Museum in 2017
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Image from National Maritime Museums in Sweden in 2017
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Image from Nordiska museet in 2017
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Image from the Museum of Ethnography in 2018
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Image from the Museum of World Culture in 2018
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Image from Nordiska museet in 2018
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Sound from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2019
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Image from the UNESCO Archives in 2019
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Journal article from Nordiska museet in 2019
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Painting from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2019
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Magic lantern photo from the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology in 2020
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Folk song from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2020
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Music book from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2020
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Photograph from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2020
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Photograph from the UNESCO Archives in 2020
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Musical authographs by Johan Helmich Roman from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2021
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Artwork from the Gothenburg Museum of Art in 2021
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Artwork from the Maritime Museum and Aquarium in 2021
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Photograph from the Museum of Gothenburg in 2021
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Photograph from Röhsska Museum in 2021
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Artwork from the Stockholm National Museum in 2022
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Photograph from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2022