National Co-ordinator:

Johan Linden
SVT/ Svedish Television
S - 105 10 Stockholm
Tel . +46 87 843 592
e-mail: johan.linden@svt.se

The national public service television in Sweden is operated by Swedish Television (SVT). It is an independent corporation, but programme services are subject to the
provisions of the Radio Act and the Agreement between SVT and the state. That means that SVT has public service duties towards minorities etc. The programming policy is
traditional public service. SVT employs 2.800 people and broadcasts on two analogue channels and six digital channels.
SVT is mainly financed by licence fees paid by approx 3.3 million households. There is also a small complementary financing by sponsorship. SVT distributes its two channels
terrestrial, by transmitters run by TeraCom, a national owned company also financed by the licence fees.
There are approximately 8.9 million inhabitants in Sweden. That equals 3.4 million households. 53% have one TV set, 35% two sets and 12% three or more sets. 70% of the households also have a video-recorder at home.
SVT has two equal national channels broadcasting all over Sweden covering 99.8% of the households. SVT1 and SVT2 are the two national analogue channels - also broadcasted digitally via the digital terrestrial net as well as digital satellite and digital cable. SVT24 is the digital news channel, distributed via the digital terrestial net as well as the six regional digital news channels: SVT Syd, SVT Väst, Östnytt 24 timmar, Mälarkanalen och SVT Mitt.
SVT has eleven production units outside the capital Stockholm. National transmission amounts to approx. 9.000 hrs in SVT1 & SVT2. Two production units are located in Stockholm: SVT News & Factual programmes and SVT Fiction.

The regional stations outside Stockholm are organized in regions:
Region South (SVT Malmo and SVT Vaxjo)
Region West (SVT Gothenburg)
Central Region (SVT Falun, SVT Karlstad, SVT Norrkoping and SVT Orebro)
Region Fiktion (different programme departments in Stockholm, including SVT Drama)
Region North (SVT Sundsvall, SVT Umea and SVT Lulea)
News/Current Affairs/Sports Department

In agreement between SVT and the state it is said that at least 55% of SVT's own programme productions has to be made outside Stockholm by the 11 regional stations.
Therefore every regional station has its special duties:

The 11 TV-stations are from north to south:
SVT Lulea: documentaries, adventures, wildlife, entertainment, Lappish magazines.
SVT Umea: consumer programmes, entertainment, religion
SVT Sundsvall: wildlife programmes, entertainment
SVT Leksand: Specialised programming caters for deaf children and young people.
SVT Falun: cars-traffic-travelling, special service for the deaf
SVT Karlstad: medicine, environment, entertainment, youth programmes
SVT Orebro: music, culture religion, entertainment
SVT Norrkoping: entertainment, popular science
SVT Vaxjo: youth programmes
SVT Goteborg: drama, entertainment, culture, music.
SVT Malmo: drama, entertainment, culture, music.

Regional broadcasts consist of regional news programmes only. The regional news are broadcast in SVT2 at the same time:17.55, 19.10 and 21.40 on weekdays. 17.55 and 21.15 on Sundays. Transmission time is approx. 2.000 hrs anually. Viewing figures for the regional news in the hole country amounts to 32 % or 2 750 000 persons who have seen regional news some time of the weekday during year 2000.
Seven days a week our national news programmes "Aktuellt " (SVT2), "Rapport" (SVT1) and " TV-sport" (both channels) are transmitted several times a day, from early morning until late evening. These national programmes almost daily include some reports from the regional news departments.
Outside SVT a third terrestrial channel, TV4, has emerged and became a real private alternative to SVT's two channels. TV4 is totally financed by commercials but has an
agreement with the state which means public service duties. The other Swedish private and commercial channels, TV3 and TV5 are transmitted by satellite and cable. TV4 reach about 95 % of the Swedish households and Channel 5 reach about 56%.

Region - Southern

Station SVT Malmo
Address 212 01 Malmo
Town/City Malmo
Tel. +46 4022 70 00
Fax +46 4022 46 66

Contacts:
Mrs. Carina Brorman
SVT Malmö
Regional Director
212 01 Malmö
Sweden
Mr. Per Lärka
SVT Malmö
 212 01 Malmö
Sweden

The station has a staff of 240 broadcasting to 1.3 million inhabitants with 650,000 TV sets. The programmes transmitted are: entertainment, current affairs, religion, music, culture, drama, youth, news and sport.

Station SVT Vaxjo
Address Box 3050, s - 350 33 Vaxjo
Town/City Vaxjo
Tel. +46 0 470 77 88 00
Fax +46 0 470 267 70

Contacts:
Mr. Per-Ake Krook
SVT Växjö
Regional Manager
National Co-ordinator
Box 3050
350 33 Växjö
Sweden
Mrs. Christina Ågren
SVT Växjö
 Box 3050
350 33 Växjö
Sweden

The station has a staff of 83 with 800,000 inhabitants in the viewing area with 360,000 TV sets. The nature of the programmes is: music and youth programmes

Region - West

Station SVT West
Address S-405 13 Gothenburg
Town/City Gothenburg
Tel. +46 31 8370 00

Mrs Gunwi Selander
Regional Director
Tel +46 31 83 70 00

 The unit has a staff of approx. 250. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 1.17 million inhabitants with 850,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is drama, entertainment and regional news

Region - Central

Station SVT Norrkoping
Address Box 288, 601 04 Norrkoping, Folkborgsvagen 3
Town/City Norrkoping
Tel. +46 11 210000
Fax +46 11 171283

Contact:
Mr. Stefan Zetterberg
SVT Norrköping
Regional Manager
Box 288
601 04 Norrköping
Sweden
Mrs. Karoline Spångberg Norlander
SVT Norrköping
 Box 288
60104 Norrköping
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx. 80. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 800,000 inhabitants with 400,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is entertainment, regional news, natural science and religion

Station SVT Karlstad
Address 651 83 Karlstad
Town/City Karlstad
Tel. +46 54 23 00 00
Fax +46 54 15 18 70

Contact:
Mr. Niclas Brunell
SVT Karlstad
Regional Manager
651 83 Karlstad
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx.45. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 300,000 inhabitants with 150,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is regional news and medicine

Station SVT Örebro
Address Almbyvägen 6, 701 84 Örebro
Town/City Örebro
Tel. +46 19 35 35 00
Fax +46 19 33 28 33

Contact :
Mr. Jan Hermansson
SVT Örebro
Regional Director
701 84 Örebro
Sweden
Mrs. Jane Isaksson
SVT Örebro
 701 84 Örebro
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx.60. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 600,000 inhabitants with 300,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is regional news, music, entertainment and religion.

Station SVT Falun
Address Box 212, 5-79125 Falun
Town/City Falun
Tel. +46 23 765000
Fax +46 23 765050

Contact:
Mrs. Malin Rogström
SVT Falun
Regional Manager
Box 212
791 25 Falun
Sweden

 The unit has a staff of approx.65. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 650,000 inhabitants with 325,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is regional news, traffic and travelling.

Station SVT Leksand
Adress Box 247, 793 25 Leksand
Town/City Leksand
Tel: 0247-641 00
Fax: 0247-128 02

Contact:
Mrs Birgitta Laszlo
SVT Leksand
Head of station
Box 247
793 25 Leksand
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx.40. It produces a national news programme for the deaf. It is broadcast on weekdays. Specialised programming caters for deaf children and young people.

Region - North

Station SVT Sundsvall
Address Kronvagen 18, 851 80 Sundsvall
Town/City Sundsvall
Tel. +46 60 19 01 00
Fax +46 60 19 02 06

Contact: 
 Mrs. Anna Olsson Werkström
SVT Sundsvall
Regional Manager
851 80 Sundsvall
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx. 65. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 500,000 inhabitants with 250,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is nature, music, entertainment, news and culture.

Station SVT Lulea
Address Sveriges Television, S-973 23 Lulea
Town/City Lulea
Tel. +46 920 23 98 00
Fax +46 920 23 98 50

Contact:
Mr. Christer Holmqvist
SVT Lulea
Head of newsroom
Box 6094
906 03 Umea
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx.65. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 267,000 inhabitants with 137,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is documentaries/cultural, entertainment, music, adventure, nature, and magazines in the Sami language.

Station SVT Umea
Address Box 6094, 906 03 Umea
Town/City Umea
Tel . +46 90 17 50 00

Contact:
Mr Joakim Sandberg
SVT Umea
Regional Manager
Box 6094
906 03 Umea
Sweden

The unit has a staff of approx. 65. Regional news are broadcast to an area of 250,000 inhabitants with 125,000 TV sets. Specialised programming is regional news, consumer programmes, religion and entertainment.

For more information on SVT please go to www.svt.se/In English.