Trafikverket Camera
trafikverket_camera
The Trafikverket Camera integration shows images from the public traffic cameras of Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration. Use it to check road and traffic conditions on your route in Sweden directly from your Home Assistant dashboard.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) |
What people report
Only Swedish Trafikverket road cameras, as still images from the cloud. Adding cameras by ID works from 2023.12; the August 2026 API data-source change broke it briefly and was fixed.
- Works2
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trafikverket cameras with duplicate names | Works Cloud | Adding by camera ID works from 2023.12Saved copyI have the same problem, but my cameras does not have the same exact description, but they are close to each other. When I first started using the integration all three cameras could be added and worked fine for a while. Then one day one of them stopped working. Tried to remove it and add it again getting the error about multiple cameras (Hittade flera kameraplatser med det angivna namnet). Cameras I have added: Name: Ålstäket Desc: Kameran är placerad på väg 222 Skärgårdsvägen i höjd med Ålstäket och är riktad mot Stockholm. Till vänster ligger Grisslingebadet. Name: Mölnviksrondellen Desc: … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #101941 · 2023-10 | |
| Trafikverket road cameras (Sweden) | Works Cloud | Fixed after 2026-08 API data source changeSaved copyThe problem Camera images is no longer appearing in Trafikverket Camera. This happens on the day when the Trafikverket API for cameras are announced to change to a new data source starting august 25th. Obvious what the issue is, API need to be updated. "Den 25 augusti övergår publiceringen av väglagskameror i öppet API till en ny datakälla." Structuren verkar inte ändrats. @gjohansson-ST Can up update please? Tack Per https://data.trafikverket.se/news/datacache/change-in-publishing-road-condition-cameras---api-open-data A few forum notes … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #180140 · 2026-08 | |
| Trafikverket road cameras (Sweden) | Partly works Cloud | Still pictures only, no live stream; one camera per entrySaved copyLimitations: Only cameras from Trafikverket in Sweden are available. The integration shows still pictures, not a live video stream. Each integration entry covers one camera. To follow several cameras, add the integration once for each camera. Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 171 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Bronze |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2023.9 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @gjohansson-ST |
Limitations from the docs
- Only cameras from Trafikverket in Sweden are available.
- The integration shows still pictures, not a live video stream.
- Each integration entry covers one camera. To follow several cameras, add the integration once for each camera.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
