Sveriges Radio

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Sveriges Radio (SR)
SR logo
Type Public broadcasting
Country Flag of Sweden Sweden
Availability    National
Launch date 1925 (radio)
1956 (television)
Past names Radiotjänst (1925-1957)
Website www.sr.se

Sveriges Radio AB (SR) – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC.

Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee determined by the Swedish Parliament. No advertising is permitted. SR's status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization.

The company was founded in 1925 as Radiotjänst (Radio service), and was 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 SR 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.

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Four radio channels are available nationally via FM as well as being relayed over the internet.

  • P1, "the spoken channel" for current affairs, science, culture etcetera (similar to BBC Radio 4 and ABC Radio National)
  • P2, broadcasting classical music, folk music, jazz and world music as well as programmes in minority languages (similar to BBC Radio 3)
  • P3, broadcasting music and comedy targeting a younger audience (similar to BBC Radio 1 and Triple J)
  • P4, made up of 25 local stations broadcasting locally for much of the day. Targets a more mature audience and also broadcasts sport.

A large part of P4's programming is regional with 25 regions each broadcasting their own local programmes during most of the day.

Additional radio stations available locally on FM include:

  • Din gata 100,6, Malmöbased station playing mostly hiphop and RnB (available in Malmö)
  • SR Metropol (formerly SR P5 Radio Stockholm), multicultural youth station for Stockholm (available in Stockholm)
  • P6 89,6, mixing musical programming from P2 and SR Klassiskt and timeshifting minority and immigrant language programmign in the evening (available in Stockholm)

Sveriges Radio also provides a number of channels through Digital audio broadcasting, using the DAB standard, and via the internet.

SR International is the international and multicultural channel of Sveriges Radio and offers programming in 19 languages:

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