Commons:Wikimedia Sverige

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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

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Media accreditations

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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

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The chapter negotiates privileged access for photographers to special places and collections, especially related to cultural institutions:

Lending equipment

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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 D7500
    Nikon D7500
  • Nikon D600
    Nikon D600
  • Canon EOS M50 Mark II
    Canon EOS M50 Mark II
  • Canon Powershot G10
    Canon Powershot G10
  • Rode NTG-2 microphone
    Rode NTG-2 microphone
  • GoPro HERO3 Black
    GoPro HERO3 Black
  • Gigapan
    Gigapan
  • Ricoh Theta S
    Ricoh Theta S
  • Zoom H4N Audio recorder
    Zoom H4N Audio recorder
  • CZUR Ultra Shine scanner
    CZUR Ultra Shine scanner


Sponsoring photographic expeditions

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Wikimedia Sverige has also sponsored several different photographic expeditions. These include both aerial photography and photo hunts of different kinds.

A few figures

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Wikimedia Sverige has already supported the creation of 24,140 media through the technology pool alone. Among those:

Encouraging participation

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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.


Opening and sharing free material

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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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