About Skolkoll — who runs it, data sources and method

Why Skolkoll exists

Choosing a school or understanding how the Swedish school system works should not require jumping between five different public-sector websites. Skolkoll collects public data and makes it searchable, comparable and easier to understand.

The service is built for parents, journalists, researchers and anyone who wants to make better-informed decisions about schools. All underlying data is public. Skolkoll mainly improves access, context and usability.

Who runs it?

Skolkoll is an independent, public-interest project: no ads, no data sales, and all school providers are treated equally. No school provider pays to appear.

Skolkoll.se is operated by Skolspegeln AB and is not connected to other services with similar names.

Contact: info@skolkoll.se

Transparency and independence

For transparency: Markus Reimer works professionally at AcadeMedia, Sweden's largest independent education provider. Skolkoll is operated by Skolspegeln AB (company reg. no. 559359-7288), with no resourcing, editorial control or influence from that employer.

All data shown on Skolkoll comes from open public sources and is processed the same way for every school and provider, whether they are municipal, independent or part of a large school group.

If a school provider wants to "look better" on Skolkoll, there is only one recipe: deliver good quality and well-educated, satisfied pupils — which will be reflected in the public statistics.

Coverage

Skolkoll currently covers 16,494 school units (open; dormant excluded) in 290 municipalities and 21 counties. This includes compulsory schools, upper-secondary schools, preschool classes, after-school care centres, special-needs schools, special schools and Sami schools.

Data sources

Skolkoll collects and combines data from 27 open datasets across 10 public-sector providers, including Skolverket, SCB, Kolada, Bolagsverket and Skolinspektionen. Skolverket data is synced daily; Kolada and SCB monthly.

Latest sync: 5 July 2026. Data primarily covers the 2024/25 school year.

See data sources and KPI definitions →

Method and limitations

Skolkoll presents data as reported by the source authorities. We make no independent measurements or assessments. Statistics such as merit values and eligibility rates may have gaps — not all schools report every data point.

Merit values are based on a pupil's 16 best grades and are influenced by pupil composition. Comparisons between schools should take socioeconomic factors into account.

For that reason, Skolkoll does not collect its own ratings or reviews; the product decision and boundary to external Google Reviews signals are documented in ADR-009.

For full methodology details, see Method.

Contact

Questions, found an error, or want to use the data?
Email info@skolkoll.se.