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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part2:Country studies

Sweden

Basic country data

Population 9.041m (2005).

Over 65s as % of total population: 2005 17.2%; 2020 20.0% (projected).

GNI per capita (international dollars converted at purchasing power parities) 2005: $31,420

Government: Unitary

Estimated number of visually impaired people: 80-90,000

Estimated number of print-impaired people (including those with vision loss): 400,000

Note on information sources

Most of the information here has come from the Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille (TPB). Other organisations contacted replied that TPB was in the best position to give a national picture. Desk research supplemented the information.