Accessibility to the Riksdag website

Riksdagen.se should be usable and accessible for as many visitors to the site as possible. Here, we describe how the website meets the requirements of the Act on Access to Digital Public Services, look into possible accessibility problems and explain how you can report deficiencies to us so that we can deal with them.

Our work on accessibility at riksdagen.se is based on the following guidelines and laws:

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

How accessible is the website?

Working on 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 working with the editorial side.

Report deficiencies or ask for alternative formats

If you encounter problems that have not been described on this page, or if you don't think that we meet legal requirements, please tell us. You can also contact us if you need access to content on riksdagen.se which is not accessible to you.

Supervision

The Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Act on Access to Digital Public Services. If you are not satisfied with the way we handle your points of view, you can contact DIGG and inform them of this.

How to notify DIGG of inadequate accessibility on their website (in Swedish)

Technical information on accessibility to the website

This website is partly compliant with the Act on Access to Digital Public Services. The parts which are not accessible are listed below.

Content that is not accessible

Problems for those 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 documents 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 those with impaired vision

• On a small number of pages, there are elements that do not have sufficient contrast. [WCAG 1.4.1 (A), WCAG 1.4.3 (AA)]
• There are some pages that 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 those without hearing or with impaired hearing

Deficiencies connected to certain video pages:

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

Problems for those with cognitive impairments

• There are some pages that 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

We have made our own assessment (internal testing) of riksdagen.se. We have also had external experts scrutinise the website. We also ask the experts whenever we are uncertain about anything.

The latest assessment was carried out on 22 September 2020.

The report was updated by 22 September 2020 at the latest.