About the site

Accessibility goals

All the information and all services published here should be accessible and useful to everyone, regardless of any disability they may have and regardless of which web browser or operating system they use.

If you are having trouble using some part of the site we would appreciate if you contacted us and told us what the problem is. This will help us improve our website.

Help and usage tips

Here are a few tips that will make it easier to use our website. Many of the tips are also valid for other websites.

Printing

This website uses style sheets (CSS) to make web browsers adapt the page for printing automatically. This way, it is not necessary to have a special version of pages for printing. All you have to do is use your web browser's built-in print function.

On the printed page, menus and other navigation are removed, the text is set in a serif typeface and the text size is adjusted for printing.

If you wish to see what the printout will look like before you print it, select "Print preview" in your web browser or the print window.

Text size

This website uses relative font sizes, which means that the text size is adjustable with every web browser's built-in functionality. The method for changing text size varies depending on which web browser you use. If you don't know which web browser you're using, the name can usually be seen at the top of the window or in the menu bar.

There are too many web browsers for us to be able to explain how to use all of them, but here's how to change the text size in some of the ones that are most popular at the moment:

In most other web browsers it is possible to change the text size or enlarge the entire page in simliar ways. If you are unsure of how to do it in your web browser the information should be available in the browser's documentation or help system.

New windows

In general, no links open in new windows. Exceptions exist for certain document formats, for instance PDFs. When a link is opened in a new window this is clearly marked.

Of you want to open a link in a new window or a new tab yourself, you can right click the link and select "Open in a new window" or "Open in a new tab". You can also hold down a key on the keyboard while clicking the link to open it in a new window or tab. Which key to press depends on your web browser and operating system, but the most common ones are Ctrl in Windows and Cmd (Apple) in Mac OS X.

Keyboard navigation

If you have difficulities using a mouse it is often easier to navigate using the keyboard. In most web browsers this is done by using the Tab key to jump to the next link, and the Enter or Return key to activate a link. To jump to the previous link, hold down the Shift key while you press the Tab key.

Access keys

To assist keyboard navigation the following access keys are used on every page on this website:

  • s Skip past navigation to the page's content (link within the page)
  • 0 About the website
  • 1 Start page
  • 3 Site map
  • 4 Search
  • 7 Contact

How to use access keys varies between web browsers and operating systems. In Windows they are commonly used by holding down the Alt key while pressing the access key and then presing Enter. On a Mac it's Ctrl + access key.

Shortcuts

When navigating using the keyboard, a mobile phone or a screen reader it can be tiring to jump through a lot of links before getting to the main content on a page. To remedy this there is a link at the start of every page to skip past navigation and get straight to the main content.

Guidelines

This website is designed and developed with the intention of following the guidelines in the document Vägledningen 24-timmarswebben (In Swedish) from the Swedish Administrative Development Agency. Many of these guidelines are in turn based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).