Björn Hagström

2026 – ongoing

SVADA, Swedish Water Data Lab – a data space for water data

Creation and facilitation of a series of workshops following the DSSC Blueprint V3 recommendations for setting up a data space. Proof of concept in which a supplier shares data with the City of Gothenburg through a real data space. Demo (in Swedish).

2020 – ongoing

RISE – City as a Platform, Smart City Lab, Smart City Transformation Lab, CitcomAI

Expert in information management and data sharing. Led the MIM network of Swedish cities, analysed the EU Digital Decade for cities and leads the development of MIM6 Securing Data in OASC.

2024

City of Karlstad – ways of working and an action plan for open data

Ways of working and an action plan for working with open data.

2024

City of Örebro – studies on high-value datasets and open data

Interpreted the EU implementing act and the Swedish Open Data Act together with SKR/SALAR (the Swedish organization for cities and regions) and seven or eight other organisations in a series of workshops.

2024

City of Varberg – open and shared geodata

A culture shift towards openness, an assessment of nine metadata management solutions and techniques for publishing geodata that follow standards.

2022 – ongoing

Swedish EPA and Sida – environmental information in Kosovo

Support to Kosovo’s environmental protection agency based on INSPIRE and the Aarhus Convention, including a CKAN-based metadata portal and visualizing open data.

2019 – 2020

Lantmäteriet – high-value datasets

Open data expert in the government mandate on the benefits and costs of publishing high-value datasets.

2018 – 2022

ÖDIS and NSÖD – municipal open data in collaboration

Processes, specifications, licensing and training for 26 cities, later scaled nationally. Basis for Digg’s guidance and recommendations on procuring data for all of the public sector in Sweden.

2019 – 2020

Digg – national principles and guidance for open data for the public sector

Principles and guidance, dataportal.se, Digg’s community and a proposal for an open data action plan to the government.

2017 – 2022

Swedish Internet Foundation and GOTO10 – open data workshops

Eleven public workshops in 2017, 2020 and 2022. Participants’ rating for Björn as a speaker: 4.7 out of 5.

2016 – 2017

Swedish Enforcement Authority and City of Gothenburg – getting started with open data

Roadmap, organisation, process, templates and training for how to work with open data.

2016 – 2017

Sambruk – open accounts payable data

A shared specification for open accounts payable data for the public sector: Open Accounts Payable.

2016–

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency – information management and open data

Project manager for a Vinnova project on a generic open data process and a maturity model for information management, then the government mandate “Digital First” and internal training.