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SSS, 
THE SWEDISH NATIONAL REPORT 
FOR 
PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 2000 - 2004 
Prepared for the Swedish Cartographic Society by 
Dr. Dan Klang 
National Land Survey, Gävle, Sweden 
Dan.Klang@lm.se 
Commission VI, Volume XXXV 
KEY WORDS: National report, Sweden, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Education, Research, Organisations, Production, 
Events, Publications. 
ABSTRACT: 
The Swedish Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the former Swedish member of ISPRS, merged in April 2003 with 
the Swedish Cartographic Society. A new section for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of the Swedish Cartographic Society, 
the new ISPRS member, was established at the same time. Introduction of laser scanning and digital cameras within the digital 
Photogrammetry increases the requirement of relevant education and research. Unfortunately, the status of Swedish economy has 
influenced the size of grants for research and development to universities and governmental organisations. Thanks to private 
consultants Sweden still holds a strong international position in research and development of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 
topics. 
1. THE SWEDISH CARTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 
1.1 Organisation 
The Swedish Cartographic Society was founded in 1908, and is 
most probably one of the oldest of its kind. The Society's goal is 
to increase the interest in cartography and other topics related to 
mapping and/or the use of maps in Sweden and to try to 
encourage a development in the area. 
In April 2003 the Swedish Cartographic Society merged with 
the Swedish Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 
Before the merge the Society was organised in three separate 
sections, namely the sections for Historical maps, Geographical 
information systems (GIS) and Geodesy. After the merge two 
new sections were formed; the section for Cartography and the 
section for Photogrammetry and Remote sensing. Each section 
has a front-end responsibility for its respective disciplines and, 
amongst other activities, arranges seminars or study visits. 
In the beginning the Society's activities was concentrated to 
Stockholm. During later years the Society's activities has been 
substantially reformed and expanded. There are now ten 
regional sub-organisations within the Society. These arrange 
meetings and study visit in their regions. 
1.2 Events 
One of the main activities of the Society is to organise an 
annual conference “Kartdagar” — Map days - combined with a 
trade show with participants from different companies in the 
GIS/GIT area. The conference program consists of seminars 
within the areas of Cartography, Historical Cartography, 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Photogrammetry, 
Visualisation, Geographic Information Technology (GIT), 
Remote Sensing and Geodesy. Beside of the conference and 
trade show there are also study visits and different forms of 
social arrangements. Last year some 1000 persons took part in 
the Map Days. Four times a year the Society publishes a 
cartographic journal, which recently got the new name 
“Mapping and Image Science”. During the latest years the 
number of members in the Society has increased. The members 
are interested in the areas of surveying, cartography, GIS, GIT, 
visualisation, and geodesy. 
1.3 Publications 
The Society produces every fourth year a national report at the 
congress of the international cartographic association - ICA. 
Ekman M. 2002. Latitude, longitude, altitude and depth. 138 
pages. (In Swedish) 
Torlegárd K, Ottoson L, Ternryd K-O. 2004. Swedish 
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing during the 2000 century. 
270 pages. (In Swedish) 
1.4 Address 
Swedish Cartographic Society 
c/o Patrik Ottoson 
ULI, S-801 82 Gävle, Sweden 
Home page: www.kartografiska.com/index-eng.html 
2. KTH - ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE - FORMER 
DEPARTMENT OF GEODESY AND 
PHOTOGRAMMETRY 
2.1 Organisation 
In 2001 the Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry 
merged with other departments into the Department of 
Infrastructure, as a part of the reorganization of KTH. 
Geoinformatics and Photogrammetry forms a group within the 
department, Geodesy another group. This report refers to the 
Geoinformatics and Photogrammetry group, now consisting of 
8 persons (In 2000 22 persons). Prof Dr Kennert Torlegärd 
retired in 2002. As a replacement for the chair in 
photogrammetry a chair in geoinformatics is established. 
2.2 Education 
The department gives courses for MSc students in surveying, 
Environmental Engineering and Media Technology, in 
Measurement and Mapping, Analytical and Digital