Swedish national radio broadcaster and quasi-autonomous non-governmental entity
Sveriges Radio
AB
(
Swedish pronunciation:
[?svæ?rj?s
?r??ːd??]
; "Sweden's Radio") is
Sweden
's national publicly funded
radio
broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a
public limited company
, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a
licensing fee
, the level of which is decided by the
Swedish Riksdag
. As of 1 January 2019, the funds stem from standard taxation. No advertising is permitted. Its legal status could be described as that of a
quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization
.
History
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The company ? which was founded as
AB Radiotjanst
("Radio Service Ltd") by a consortium of newspaper companies, the
TT news agency
, and radio manufacturing interests on 21 March 1924 ? made its first broadcast on 1 January 1925: a relay of High Mass from
St James's Church
in
Stockholm
. It was officially renamed Sveriges Radio in 1957.
Sveriges Radio was originally responsible for all broadcasting in Sweden, both radio and television, and hosted the
1975 Eurovision Song Contest
. A reorganization in 1979 saw it become the parent company of four subsidiaries:
This structure was dissolved in 1993, with the national and local radio companies merging under the name of the old parent company: Sveriges Radio AB.
Stations
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National radio
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Four radio channels are available nationwide on
FM
,
DAB
and via the internet.
[1]
[2]
- P1
: news, culture, debate, readings, documentaries, etc. Almost no music is played, except in the daily summertime programme
Sommar
, in which guest presenters introduce their own choice of music.
- P2
: classical music, folk, jazz and world music; the channel also carries some minority-language programming.
- P3
: popular music and comedy targeted at a younger audience.
- P4
: popular music, entertainment and sport, chiefly targeted at an older audience; the network is made up of 26 local stations, each of which carries a mix of local and national programming.
Local radio
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A large part of P4's programming is regional with 26 regions each broadcasting their own local programmes during most of the day.
- P4 Blekinge
, for
Blekinge County
- P4 Dalarna
- P4 Gotland
- P4 Gavleborg
- P4 Goteborg
- P4 Halland
, for
Halland County
- P4 Jamtland
- P4 Jonkoping
- P4 Kalmar
, for
Kalmar County
- P4 Kristianstad
, for the former
Kristianstad County
, now north and eastern
Skane County
- P4 Kronoberg
- P4 Malmohus
, for the former
Malmohus County
, now south-western
Skane County
- P4 Norrbotten
- P4 Sjuharad
, for
Sjuharad
, the south-eastern part of
Vastra Gotaland County
- P4 Skaraborg
, for the former
Skaraborg County
, now north-eastern
Vastra Gotaland County
- P4 Stockholm
- P4 Sodertalje
- P4 Sormland
- P4 Uppland
- P4 Varmland
- P4 Vast
, for western
Vastergotland
,
Dalsland
and northern
Bohuslan
, north-western
Vastra Gotaland County
- P4 Vasterbotten
- P4 Vasternorrland
- P4 Vastmanland
, for
Vastmanland
- P4 Orebro
, for
Orebro County
- P4 Ostergotland
, for
Ostergotland County
Additional radio stations available locally on FM include:
- Din gata 100,6
(in Malmo): playing mostly hiphop and
R&B
- SR P2 Musik
(in Stockholm): relays most of the output of
P2
, but replaces programming in minority and foreign languages (available in Stockholm from P6, see below) with additional music output ?
Schedule
- SR P6 89,6
(in Stockholm): broadcasts in minority and foreign languages and relays the
BBC World Service
at night ?
Schedule
Digital channels
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Sveriges Radio also provides a number of digital channels through DAB and via the internet.
SR International
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SR International is the international channel of Sveriges Radio and offers programming in the following languages:
SR International is not responsible for programming in the domestic minority languages,
Finnish
and
Sami
, which have their own dedicated digital channels.
On 16 March 2010, Radio Sweden announced the end of broadcasts on shortwave and medium wave as from 31 October 2010.
[3]
External service programmes would continue on the internet only.
[4]
Language services for immigrants to Sweden in Albanian, Syriac, Serbian, Bosnian, and Croat would also be discontinued, while programmes in English (also on the domestic service), German, Persian, Dari, and Kurdish would remain.
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Criticism
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The public's trust in the company, along with its Public Service counterparts in Sweden, may have decreased slightly during the 2000s. The decrease is most significant among right wing citizens.
[6]
[7]
On 2022, it was revealed that SR had registered the word ”Sommar”, meaning
Summer
in Swedish, as a trademark, along with other names related to their show,
Sommar i P1
, much to the dismay of some podcast operators.
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On 18 April 2023, Sveriges Radio stopped using Twitter as part of its social media plan due to concerns over "recent turbulence" at the company over its (in)ability to combat fake news and hate speech.
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See also
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References
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Ta del av vart digitala utbud
.
Sveriges Radio
(in Swedish). 21 October 2020.
Archived
from the original on 12 June 2022
. Retrieved
12 June
2022
.
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Kanaler och frekvenser
.
Sveriges Radio
(in Swedish). 1 November 2021.
Archived
from the original on 12 June 2022
. Retrieved
12 June
2022
.
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Radio Sweden Ends Medium, Short Wave, Sveriges Radio International, 16 March 2010.
Archived
July 23, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
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Radio Sweden to become an Internet-only station, Media Network, 17 March 2010.
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Radio Sweden Ends Medium, Short Wave, Sveriges Radio International, 16. March 2010.
Archived
July 23, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
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"Fortroende for SVT fortsatter sjunka, 24 April 2018"
.
Archived
from the original on 16 November 2019
. Retrieved
21 November
2019
.
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"Mediefortroende, SOM-institutet 2018"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2019-06-08
. Retrieved
2019-11-21
.
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"Sveriges Radio har varumarkesregistrerat ordet "Sommar"
"
. 29 July 2022.
Archived
from the original on 31 July 2022
. Retrieved
31 July
2022
.
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Mac Dougall, David (18 April 2023).
"Concerned about fake news and hate speech, Sweden's public radio closes Twitter accounts"
.
Euronews
.
Archived
from the original on 19 April 2023
. Retrieved
19 April
2023
.
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