Platsbanken Scraper: Sweden Job Ads from Arbetsförmedlingen

Job ads from Platsbanken, the job board of the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), fetched from the open JobTech JobSearch API. You get one clean row per ad with headline, employer, organisation number, municipality, county, occupation, employment type, working hours, salary type, publication date, application deadline, a link to apply and the ad text.

Use it to follow hiring in an industry or region, to build a list of companies that are recruiting, to feed a job board or newsletter, or to analyse demand for skills. Schedule a daily run with publishedAfter set to 24 to get the ads published in the last day.

What is covered

Platsbanken has the ads that employers publish with Arbetsförmedlingen and, through the JobTech service, many ads that employers publish on their own career sites and that Arbetsförmedlingen collects. On a normal weekday that is around 40 000 open ads. Only ads that are open right now are included; ads are removed from the API when they are filled or expire.

One search returns at most 2 000 ads, because the JobSearch API pages with an offset that stops at 2 000. If your search matches more, the run log says so. Split the search by county, municipality or occupation field and run it once per part.

Example from a real run

This is the input and the first rows of a run on the Apify platform on 3 October 2026 (run ltkLLQ5SxsUe2iKJj, 150 rows in total). Nothing is edited except that long ad texts are shortened.

Input:

{
  "query": "systemutvecklare",
  "regions": [
    "Stockholms län"
  ],
  "maxResults": 150
}

Output (excerpt):

[
  {
    "id": "31549590",
    "headline": "Supply Chain Developer",
    "employerName": "Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Aktiebolag",
    "workplace": "Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB",
    "organizationNumber": "5560449893",
    "municipality": "Nacka",
    "region": "Stockholms län",
    "country": "Sverige",
    "occupation": "Supply chain manager/SCM manager",
    "occupationGroup": "Civilingenjörsyrken inom logistik och produktionsplanering",
    "occupationField": "Yrken med teknisk inriktning",
    "employmentType": "Tillsvidareanställning (inkl. eventuell provanställning)",
    "duration": "Tills vidare",
    "workingHoursType": "Heltid",
    "salaryType": "Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön",
    "salaryDescription": null,
    "remote": null,
    "numberOfVacancies": 1,
    "experienceRequired": true,
    "drivingLicenseRequired": false,
    "publicationDate": "2026-10-02T19:29:30",
    "lastPublicationDate": "2026-10-12T23:59:59",
    "applicationDeadline": "2026-10-12T23:59:59",
    "applicationUrl": "https://www.jobs.atlascopcogroup.com/job-invite/175119/",
    "adUrl": "https://arbetsformedlingen.se/platsbanken/annonser/31549590",
    "descriptionText": "Do you have hands-on experience in production planning and enjoy turning data into better decisions? Join our Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) team within ...",
    "sourceType": "VIA_ANNONSERA",
    "source": "Arbetsförmedlingen JobTech (Platsbanken)",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (Arbetsförmedlingen open data)"
  },
  {
    "id": "31549556",
    "headline": "FPGA Validation Engineer",
    "employerName": "Ericsson AB",
    "workplace": "Ericsson AB",
    "organizationNumber": "5560566258",
    "municipality": "Stockholm",
    "region": "Stockholms län",
    "country": "Sverige",
    "occupation": "Systemutvecklare/Programmerare",
    "occupationGroup": "Mjukvaru- och systemutvecklare m.fl.",
    "occupationField": "Data/IT",
    "employmentType": "Vanlig anställning",
    "duration": "Tills vidare",
    "workingHoursType": "Heltid",
    "salaryType": "Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön",
    "salaryDescription": null,
    "remote": null,
    "numberOfVacancies": 1,
    "experienceRequired": true,
    "drivingLicenseRequired": false,
    "publicationDate": "2026-10-02T18:25:03",
    "lastPublicationDate": "2026-10-16T23:59:59",
    "applicationDeadline": "2026-10-16T23:59:59",
    "applicationUrl": "https://ericsson-ab.contactrh.com/jobs/9669/44481423",
    "adUrl": "https://arbetsformedlingen.se/platsbanken/annonser/31549556",
    "descriptionText": "Company description: Ericsson AB Job description:   Join our Team   About this opportunity:  Join Ericsson in Stockholm to work on innovative 5G and 6G mobile ...",
    "sourceType": "VIA_JOBPOSTING",
    "source": "Arbetsförmedlingen JobTech (Platsbanken)",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (Arbetsförmedlingen open data)"
  }
]

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	none	Free text search in headline, ad text and employer name. Put a phrase in double quotes and put - before a word to exclude it, for example unix -linux.
regions	array	all	Counties (län), for example Stockholms län. Short names (Stockholm, Skåne) and two digit county codes (01, 12) also work.
municipalities	array	all	Municipality names or four digit municipality codes, for example Göteborg or 1480. All 290 Swedish municipalities are accepted.
occupationFields	array	all	Occupation fields (yrkesområden), for example Data/IT, Hälso- och sjukvård, Bygg och anläggning. JobTech concept ids work too.
employmentTypes	array	all	permanent, temporary, substitute, onDemand, seasonal.
remote	boolean	not set	true for ads that mention remote work, false for ads that do not. Leave it out for all ads.
publishedAfter	string	none	A date (2026-10-01), a Swedish local datetime (2026-10-01T08:00) or a number of hours back (24).
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum number of ads, newest first. 1 to 2 000.
onlyNew	boolean	false	Return only ads that earlier runs with the same input did not deliver. See "Monitoring and scheduling".

A run with empty input returns the 50 newest ads in Platsbanken.

Example input: permanent developer jobs in Stockholm and Uppsala counties published in the last three days.

{
  "query": "systemutvecklare",
  "regions": ["Stockholms län", "Uppsala län"],
  "occupationFields": ["Data/IT"],
  "employmentTypes": ["permanent"],
  "publishedAfter": "72",
  "maxResults": 500
}

Most ads are written in Swedish, so Swedish search words find the most ads. The search also matches occupation names from the JobTech taxonomy, so a search for an occupation finds ads that Arbetsförmedlingen has classified under it.

Output

Field	Description
id	Platsbanken ad id
headline	Headline of the ad
employerName	Name of the employer. null when the employer is a private person (see below)
workplace	Name of the workplace as written in the ad. null for private persons
organizationNumber	Swedish organisation number of the employer, 10 digits. Only for legal entities, otherwise null
municipality, region, country	Where the job is
occupation, occupationGroup, occupationField	Occupation, occupation group (SSYK) and occupation field from the JobTech taxonomy
employmentType	For example Vanlig anställning, Tidsbegränsad anställning, Vikariat or Behovsanställning
duration	For example Tills vidare or 6 månader eller längre
workingHoursType	Heltid or Deltid
salaryType	For example Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön
salaryDescription	Free text about the salary when the employer wrote one
remote	true or false when you filtered on remote work or the ad states its workplace model, otherwise null
numberOfVacancies	Number of positions
experienceRequired	Whether earlier experience is required
drivingLicenseRequired	Whether a driving licence is required
publicationDate	When the ad was published, Swedish local time
lastPublicationDate	When the ad is taken down
applicationDeadline	Last day to apply
applicationUrl	Link to apply: the employer's application page, or the Platsbanken ad when there is none
adUrl	The ad on arbetsformedlingen.se
descriptionText	The ad text as plain text, without contact persons, e-mail addresses and phone numbers
sourceType	How the ad reached Platsbanken, for example VIA_ANNONSERA (written in Platsbanken) or VIA_JOBPOSTING (collected from a career site)
source, license	Attribution for the data

{
  "id": "31545714",
  "headline": "Systemutvecklare",
  "employerName": "Combitech Aktiebolag",
  "workplace": "Combitech",
  "organizationNumber": "5562186790",
  "municipality": "Växjö",
  "region": "Kronobergs län",
  "country": "Sverige",
  "occupation": "Systemutvecklare/Programmerare",
  "occupationGroup": "Mjukvaru- och systemutvecklare m.fl.",
  "occupationField": "Data/IT",
  "employmentType": "Vanlig anställning",
  "duration": "Tills vidare",
  "workingHoursType": "Heltid",
  "salaryType": "Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön",
  "salaryDescription": null,
  "remote": null,
  "numberOfVacancies": 1,
  "experienceRequired": true,
  "drivingLicenseRequired": false,
  "publicationDate": "2026-10-02T10:14:08",
  "lastPublicationDate": "2026-10-23T23:59:59",
  "applicationDeadline": "2026-10-23T23:59:59",
  "applicationUrl": "https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=ZS5hbmRlcnNzb24uMjcyOTQuMTM3NjVAc2FhYi5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20",
  "adUrl": "https://arbetsformedlingen.se/platsbanken/annonser/31545714",
  "descriptionText": "Vill du utveckla komplexa system som bidrar till Sveriges krisberedskap? ...\n[contact details removed]",
  "sourceType": "VIA_JOBPOSTING",
  "source": "Arbetsförmedlingen JobTech (Platsbanken)",
  "license": "CC0 1.0 (Arbetsförmedlingen open data)"
}

Monitoring and scheduling

Set onlyNew to true to use the actor for recurring monitoring. The actor then remembers which ads it has delivered for the same input, in a named key-value store in your Apify account (nightwave-state-sweden-job-ads-platsbanken, one record per input). Each run returns and charges only ads that earlier runs did not deliver. The first run returns everything in the selection. A run without news finishes successfully with 0 rows.

An ad is identified by its Platsbanken ad id. Combine onlyNew with publishedAfter (for example 48 hours) so each run only looks at recent ads, and set maxResults above the number of ads your search gets in that window.

onlyNew and maxResults are not part of the remembered input, so you can change them without starting over. Changing any other field starts a fresh state. To start over with the same input, delete the record in the key-value store.

Example: a daily run at 06:00 Swedish time that returns new developer ads in Stockholm county. In Apify Console, open Schedules, create a schedule with the cron expression 0 6 * * * and add this actor with the input below.

{
  "query": "systemutvecklare",
  "regions": ["Stockholms län"],
  "publishedAfter": "48",
  "onlyNew": true,
  "maxResults": 500
}

The same schedule through the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/schedules?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "daily-sweden-job-ads-platsbanken", "cronExpression": "0 6 * * *", "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm", "isEnabled": true, "isExclusive": true,
       "actions": [{"type": "RUN_ACTOR", "actorId": "nightwave-owner~sweden-job-ads-platsbanken",
                    "runInput": {"contentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8", "body": "<the input above as a JSON string>"}}]}'

Connect a webhook or an integration (Slack, e-mail, Google Sheets) to the actor in Apify Console if you want the new rows sent somewhere when the run finishes.

Good to know

• Personal data is left out. The actor never outputs the contact persons, application e-mail addresses or employer phone numbers that ads can contain. In the ad text, lines that introduce a contact person or a union representative are replaced with [contact details removed], and so are short lines with an e-mail address or phone number. In longer paragraphs only the address or number is replaced with [removed]. This is done with rules, not by hand, so a name written into ordinary running text can in rare cases remain. Open adUrl for the employer's own contact details.
• Private persons and sole traders. Some employers are private persons, for example someone hiring a personal assistant, or sole traders whose organisation number is a personal identity number. For those ads employerName, workplace and organizationNumber are null, and the rest of the ad is kept.
• The remote filter is Arbetsförmedlingen's own phrase matching on the ad text, so it is approximate.
• Requests are retried three times on network errors, rate limits and server errors. A rejected search or a response in an unexpected format stops the run with a clear message instead of storing broken rows. A search without matches finishes successfully with 0 rows.
• To collect every ad in Platsbanken, Arbetsförmedlingen recommends its JobStream API rather than repeated searches. This actor is built for filtered searches.

Use cases

• Find companies that are hiring in your target region or industry, with employerName and organizationNumber, as sales or recruitment leads.
• Run a niche job board or newsletter: a daily run with onlyNew: true gives you only the ads published since the last run.
• Measure demand for a skill or occupation per county by counting ads over time.
• Track hiring at a list of competitors or customers by searching for their names.
• Collect application deadlines and links for a career service or a school.

FAQ

How often is the data updated? Every run reads the JobTech API live. Ads appear there shortly after they are published in Platsbanken and disappear when they expire.

What does 1 000 rows cost? 3 USD (0.003 USD per ad, event job-ad). Platform usage is included.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Set onlyNew: true and add the actor to an Apify schedule. See "Monitoring and scheduling" above.

Can I use the data commercially? Yes. Arbetsförmedlingen publishes the ads as open data under CC0 1.0. The actor removes contact persons, e-mail addresses and phone numbers from the output.

Data source and license

The data comes from the public JobSearch API (GET https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/search) run by JobTech at Arbetsförmedlingen, the Swedish Public Employment Service. The API needs no API key. Its own description states that the ads are licensed under CC0 1.0, and Arbetsförmedlingen publishes them as open data that anyone may use and share for any purpose (data.arbetsformedlingen.se). CC0 does not require attribution, but every row carries source and license so you can show where the data comes from. Names of counties, municipalities, occupations and employment types come from the JobTech Taxonomy. The actor shortens and cleans the ads as described above but does not change their content otherwise.

The texts are written by the employers, who are responsible for them. This actor is not affiliated with Arbetsförmedlingen or JobTech.

Pricing

Pay per result: 0.003 USD per row returned (event job-ad), which is 3 USD per 1 000 job ads. Platform usage is included, so you pay only per result. maxResults caps how many rows a run returns, so you always know the highest possible cost.

Rows are delivered only after they have been charged. If you set a maximum cost per run (maxTotalChargeUsd), the run stops there and its status message says how many rows were delivered.

Contact

Built and maintained by Nightwave AB. Questions, bugs and feature requests: kontakt@nightwave.se

På svenska

Actorn hämtar platsannonser från Platsbanken, Arbetsförmedlingens annonsdatabas, via det öppna JobSearch-API:t från JobTech. Varje annons blir en rad med rubrik, arbetsgivare, organisationsnummer, kommun, län, yrke, anställningsform, arbetstid, lönetyp, publiceringsdatum, sista ansökningsdag, ansökningslänk och annonstext.

• Filtrera på sökord, län, kommun, yrkesområde, anställningsform, distansarbete och publiceringsdatum. Länsnamn, kommunnamn och koder fungerar båda.
• En sökning ger högst 2 000 annonser, eftersom API:t bläddrar med en offset som slutar vid 2 000. Matchar fler, dela upp sökningen på län, kommun eller yrkesområde.
• Kontaktpersoner, e-postadresser och telefonnummer tas inte med. I annonstexten ersätts rader med kontaktpersoner och fackliga företrädare med [contact details removed]. Rensningen görs med regler, så ett namn i löpande text kan i sällsynta fall bli kvar.
• När arbetsgivaren är en privatperson eller en enskild firma med personnummer sätts arbetsgivarens namn, arbetsplats och organisationsnummer till null.
• Källa: Arbetsförmedlingen, JobTech JobSearch. Annonserna är öppna data under CC0 1.0 och får användas fritt. Ingen API-nyckel behövs.
• Med onlyNew: true levereras bara annonser som tidigare körningar med samma input inte har levererat, vilket passar för daglig bevakning (se "Monitoring and scheduling"). Tom input ger de 50 senaste annonserna.
• Pris: 0,003 USD per annons (3 USD per 1 000). Plattformsanvändningen ingår.
• Kontakt: kontakt@nightwave.se