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. 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.
Nikon D7000
Nikon D600
Nikkor AF 70-200/2.8G
Canon Powershot G10
Rode NTG-2 microphone
GoPro HERO3 Black
Gigapan
Ricoh Theta S
Zoom H4N Audio recorder
Sponsoring photographic expeditions
Wikimedia Sverige has also sponsored several different photographic expeditions. These include both aerial photography and photo hunts of different kinds.
A photo hunt with a van, 2011
A few figures
Wikimedia Sverige has already supported the creation of 20,244 media through the technology pool alone. Among those:
118 are featured pictures
31 are valued images
3,255 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 32,046 files have been made available on Wikimedia Commons.
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Public Art 2013 in Sweden
Concept image for Då och Nu (2014)
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2019 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in Sweden
Winner of Wiki Loves Earth 2020 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 270,987 files have been made available on Wikimedia Commons.
The category for partnerships is Category:Partnerships with Wikimedia Sverige.
Image from Regionarkivet in 2009
Image from Bonniers in 2010
Image from Nordiska museet in 2011
Image from LSH in 2013
Image from Riksarkivet in 2014
Sound from Work With Sounds in 2014
Image from LSH in 2014
Image from Kungliga biblioteket in 2015
Image from LSH in 2015
Image from National Maritime Museums in Sweden in 2015
Image from LSH in 2016
Image from Nationalmuseum (Stockholm) in 2016
Image from Gruppo Archeologico Romano in 2016
Image from Associazione DecArch in 2016
Image from the Museum of Ethnography in 2016
Image from the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in 2017
Image from UNESCO in 2017
Image from the Swedish National Heritage Board in 2017
Image from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2017
Image from the Stockholm National Museum in 2017
Image from National Maritime Museums in Sweden in 2017
Image from Nordiska museet in 2017
Image from the Museum of Ethnography in 2018
Image from the Museum of World Culture in 2018
Image from Nordiska museet in 2018
Sound from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2019
Image from the UNESCO Archives in 2019
Journal article from Nordiska museet in 2019
Painting from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2019
Magic lantern photo from the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology in 2020
- Folk song from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2020
Music book from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2020
Photograph from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency in 2020
Photograph from the UNESCO Archives in 2020
