Web Accessibility
The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (ArkDes) is responsible for this website. We strive for as many people as possible to be able to use it. This document describes how arkdes.se complies with the law on accessibility to digital public service, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report deficiencies to us so that we can address them.
How accessible is the website?
This website is partially compliant with the law on accessibility to digital public service and WCAG 2.1 level AA. See the section “Content that is not accessible” below for more information.
What can you do if you cannot use parts of the website?
If you need content from arkdes.se that is not accessible to you, but which is exempt from the law’s scope of application, you can contact us.
You can contact us via email:
- Email: info@arkdes.se
To process your request, please provide the following information:
- The web address (URL) of the content
- Your name and email address
- The format you require the content in
Report deficiencies in the website’s accessibility
We are continuously working to improve the accessibility of our website. If you discover problems that are not described on this page or believe that we are not meeting the legal requirements, you can contact us via info@arkdes.se and provide the following:
- Whether the issue concerns the entire website or a specific page (please specify which).
- What you were trying to do.
- What went wrong.
This information is important for our accessibility work.
Supervision
The Agency for Digital Government (Digg) ↗ is responsible for supervising the law on accessibility to digital public service. You can report an issue to Digg ↗ if you believe our digital service has accessibility deficiencies.
You can also report to Digg ↗ if you believe that:
- Our assessment of what is an undue burden should be reviewed.
- Our accessibility statement has deficiencies.
- We have not handled your request for accessibility improvements correctly.
Technical information on the website’s accessibility
This website is partially compliant with the law on accessibility to digital public service and WCAG 2.1 level AA, due to the deficiencies described below.
Content that is not accessible
The content described below is, in some way, not fully accessible.
Non-compliance with legal requirements
- 1.2.2 Provide captions for recorded media (video, audio, animations)
- Some older films are not captioned.
- Our goal is to resolve this by January 1, 2026.
- 1.2.3 Provide audio descriptions or alternatives for video recordings
- Some older films do not have audio descriptions.
- Our goal is to resolve this by January 1, 2026.
- 2.2.2 (A) Ability to pause certain moving content
- There is no way to permanently pause the moving section displaying the café’s opening hours, except by hovering over each line.
- Our goal is to resolve this by January 1, 2026.
- 3.3.3 (AA) Provide suggestions on how to correct errors
- Some support is provided to users, but it is not fully comprehensive. This functionality can be further developed and improved.
- Our goal is to resolve this by January 1, 2026.
How we test the website
We conduct ongoing internal and external testing of arkdes.se in accordance with the Agency for Digital Government’s ↗ directives.
Oh My Interactive AB has conducted an independent review of arkdes.se.
The latest assessment was conducted on September 12, 2024:
Review Report ↗
The website was published on September 13, 2024.
This statement was last updated on February 14, 2025.