Umeå Open Data
Open data portal for the Swedish city of Umeå
Umeå's municipal open data portal (built on OpenDataSoft) publishes datasets about the northern Swedish city, from energy consumption to geography. The Explore v2.1 API lets you browse the catalog and query records as JSON, with bilingual Swedish/English field labels. No key required.
GET https://opendata.umea.se/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets?limit=1
{
"total_count": 334,
"results": [
{
"visibility": "domain",
"fields": [
{
"name": "forbrukningstyp",
"label_en": "Consumption type:",
"type": "text",
"description_en": "Type of consumption. Possible values are 'EL' for electricity and 'FJV' for district heating"
}
]
}
]
}curl "https://opendata.umea.se/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets?limit=1"const res = await fetch("https://opendata.umea.se/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets?limit=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://opendata.umea.se/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets?limit=1")
print(res.json())/catalog/datasets?limit=1PROBEDOpen data portal for the Swedish city of Umeå
/catalogCatalog — documented GET route.
/catalog/1Catalog details by ID (example: 1).
/catalog?limit=10Catalog — documented GET route.
/catalog/search?q=testSearch by query parameters.
/catalog/datasets?limit=5Datasets — documented GET route.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
Umeå Open Data: common questions
Is Umeå Open Data free to use?
Yes — Umeå Open Data is a free open data API. Free tier: Free — open data portal, no key. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Umeå Open Data need an API key?
No — Umeå Open Data needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (1000 req/window · 999 remaining · resets 2026-07-09 00:00:00+00:00).
Can I call Umeå Open Data from the browser?
Yes — Umeå Open Data returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.
Is Umeå Open Data up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Umeå Open Data is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.