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Nordic Accessibility Authorities

Enforcement bodies for WAD and EAA in the Nordic region. Digg, PTS, UU-tilsynet, AVI, and others.

Accessibility laws are enforced by national authorities. Each Nordic country has designated bodies responsible for monitoring compliance under the Web Accessibility Directive (WAD) and the European Accessibility Act (EAA).

Sweden 🇸🇪

Digg

Myndigheten för digital förvaltning. Enforces DOS-lagen for the public sector.

Visit Digg

PTS

Post- och telestyrelsen. Market surveillance for the private sector (EAA/LPTT).

Visit PTS

Norway 🇳🇴

UU-tilsynet

Tilsynet for universell utforming av IKT. Responsible for both public and private sectors.

Visit UU-tilsynet Active Inspections

Note: Norway applies daily fines (tvangsmulkt) until non-compliance is resolved.

Denmark 🇩🇰

Digitaliseringsstyrelsen

Enforcement for public sector accessibility in Denmark.

Visit Digst

Finland 🇫🇮

AVI

Regionförvaltningsverket i Södra Finland. Oversees public sector websites.

Visit AVI

Traficom

Market surveillance for transport and communications under EAA.

Visit Traficom

Using the Standards API

import { getEnforcementBody, getNordicAuthoritiesByCountry, getNordicAuthority } from '@holmdigital/standards'; // Get enforcement body by sector getEnforcementBody('SE', 'public'); // → "Agency for Digital Government (Digg)" getEnforcementBody('SE', 'private'); // → "Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS)" // Get all Swedish authorities (Digg & PTS) const swedish = getNordicAuthoritiesByCountry('SE'); // Get specific authority data const digg = getNordicAuthority('se-digg');