Accessibility on the Riksdag website

Our work on accessibility on the website is based on the following guidelines and laws:

A guide to web development on the Webbriktlinjer website (in Swedish)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 on the W3C website
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 in Swedish on the W3C website
The Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services (in Swedish)

How accessible is the website?

Our work with accessibility includes technology, language and pedagogics. Although certain parts of the website are not completely accessible, we are working continuously to improve the website, both by developing the technology and by working with the editorial side.

Report deficiencies or request alternative formats

If you discover problems that are not described on this page or if you consider that the site does not meet the requirements of the Act, please let us know.  You can also contact us if you need to access content on the Riksdag website which is not accessible to you.

Supervision

The Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services. If you are not satisfied with our response to your viewpoints, you can contact the Agency for Digital Government and inform them of this.

Report deficient accessibility on the Agency for Digital Government website (in Swedish)

Technical information about the website's accessibility

The following content does not fully meet the accessibility requirements in one way or another:

Problems for users who cannot see

• A number of web pages are based on document files The web pages can in certain cases contain lists that are not identified as lists in the code [WCAG 1.3.1 (A)].
• There are a number of PDF and Word documents that are not correctly registered (tagged) to enable them to work with reading aids.
• Some pages lack descriptive headings [WCAG 2.4.6 (AA)].
• There are texts in headings that are not coded as headings [WCAG 3.2.4 (A)].
• There are a small number of validation errors in the website’s code. The errors are not serious enough to affect the use of the website to any great extent [WCAG 4.1.1 (A)].

Problems for users with impaired vision

• Some pages lack descriptive headings [WCAG 2.4.6 (AA)]
• There are texts in headings that are not coded as headings [WCAG 1.3.2 (A), 3.2.4 (A)].

Problems for users who are deaf or hard of hearing

Deficiencies connected to certain video pages:

Videos in the Riksdag webcast archive from public meetings and seminars from the parliamentary committees and the Committee on EU Affairs, press conferences and events have no captions. [WCAG 1.2.2 (A)]

Problems for users with cognitive impairments

• Some pages lack descriptive headings [WCAG 2.4.6 (AA)]
• There are texts in headings that are not coded as headings [WCAG 1.3.2 (A), 3.2.4 (A)].

How we have tested the website

The Riksdag Administration takes active measures to fulfil the provisions of the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services.

External experts have examined the website. We have also conducted a self-assessment (internal testing) of the Riksdag website. 

The most recent assessment was made on 28 April 2023.

The statement was last updated on 28 April 2023.