SBDI brings biodiversity data together

SDBI aggregates biodiversity data from multiple sources and makes it available and usable online. It is the largest collection of freely available biodiversity data in Sweden.

259 Datasets 175,583,112 Occurrence records 340,844 Species 36 Institutions 123 Collections 1,309,397 Images 74 Spatial layers 7 Biologging datasets 23 ASV datasets

Making the most of biodiversity data

Biodiversity data about plants, animals and fungi and their habitats may be used to educate and inform and in environmental decision-making, state of the environment assessments and restoration and rewilding.

124,097,231 Animals 99,944,514 Birds 41,703,427 Plants 26,771,209 Dicots 16,576,764 Arthropods 15,105,511 Insects 8,518,803 Monocots 7,189,809 Fungi 1,709,871 Ferns 1,188,537 Algae 1,108,717 Chromista 1,064,685 Bacteria 1,027,997 Mammals 913,248 Molluscs 895,204 Conifers 432,402 Lycophytes 275,495 Crustaceans 142,304 Amphibians 105,053 Protozoa 6,619 Cycads 2,444 GnetumPlants 2,335 Ginkgo 1,890 Reptiles

News

Data Fika: ten coffee breaks with GBIF data

Aug 18, 2026

GBIF Sweden is launching Data Fika, a new online series for Sweden’s biodiversity data community. Running from September 2026 to June 2027, the series offers ten informal sessions covering the journey from finding and using biodiversity data to preparing and publishing your own data through GBIF.

SBDI tools now available in the Digital Twin Ocean (DTO)

May 22, 2026

SBDI is excited to announce that SUBSIM, the Swedish platform for subsea image analysis, is now available through the European Digital Twin Ocean infrastructure EDITO.

GBIF Sweden part of newly funded BID project to strengthen museum collection digitization and biodiversity data use in Africa

May 13, 2026

SBDI is excited to see GBIF Sweden take part in important new BID project, helping strengthen biodiversity data mobilization and museum collection digitization across East and Southern Africa. The initiative highlights the growing importance of open, FAIR biodiversity data and international collaboration in supporting research, conservation, and evidence-based decision-making — values that are central to both SBDI and GBIF Sweden.