List of television stations in Sweden

This is a list of television channels that broadcast for a Swedish language audience.

Channels holding a broadcasting license for the terrestrial network are marked "(DTT)."

Public non-commercial networks

SVT
  • SVT1 (News) (DTT)
  • SVT2 (general) (DTT)
  • SVT24 (news, sports, reruns) (DTT)
  • Barnkanalen (children) (DTT)
  • Kunskapskanalen (educational) (DTT)
  • UR - public service educational programming, broadcasting in time slots allocated by SVT1 and SVT2
  • SVT World (international) terrestrial only in Finland

The public television channels are mostly funded by a license fee and broadcast free-to-air.

SVT has 21 local news districts.

Swedish private commercial networks

These are privately owned television channels that are solely, or almost solely, directed at Sweden. Many such channels don't broadcast from Sweden, but nevertheless target a Swedish audience.

TV4 is the only commercial channel ever to have broadcast nationally in the Swedish analogue terrestrial network, but the arrival of digital terrestrial television saw the TV4 monopoly on commercial television broken.

TV4 Group

Viasat / MTG

Discovery Networks Nordic
  • Kanal 5 (entertainment) (DTT) (HD)
  • Kanal 9 (entertainment) (DTT) (HD)
  • Kanal 11 (entertainment, formerly TV400) (DTT)
  • Discovery Channel Sweden (documentaries) (DTT)
  • TLC Sweden (lifestyle) (DTT)

ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA
  • Comedy Central Sweden (DTT)
  • MTV Sweden (music/entertainment) (DTT)
  • Nickelodeon Sweden (children) (DTT)
  • Nick Jr. (DTT)
  • Nicktoons (DTT)

Other
  • Axess TV (culture and information) - owned by Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål (DTT)
  • Kanal 10 (Christian) (DTT)
  • Fox (DTT) (HD)
  • Horse1 (DTT)
  • Kanal Global (DTT)

Regional terrestrial channels:

  • 24Corren (DTT)
  • 24nt (DTT)
  • 24Norrbotten (DTT)
  • Kanal 12 (DTT)

Pan-Nordic channels

These channels mostly target the Nordic countries. Most channels carry subtitles and/or audio in Swedish.

Nordic Entertainment Group / Viasat
  • Viasat Film (movies) (HD)
  • Viasat Film Action (HD) - previously known as Cinema
  • Viasat Film Classic (HD)
  • Viasat Film Comedy (HD)
  • Viasat Film Drama (HD)
  • Viasat Film Family (HD)
  • Viasat Golf (HD)
  • Viasat Hockey (HD)
  • Viasat Motor (HD)

Viasat World

TV4 Group

Turner Broadcasting System Europe
  • Boomerang (Nordic), Swedish audio
  • Cartoon Network Nordic, Swedish audio (DTT, partial)
  • Showtime Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles (movies) (DTT, partial)
  • Silver, Swedish subtitles (movies) (DTT)
  • Silver HD, Swedish subtitles (movies)
  • Star! Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles (entertainment news) (DTT)
  • TCM Nordic, Swedish subtitles (DTT, partial)
  • TNT (Sweden), Swedish subtitles (general entertainment) (DTT)

BBC Worldwide
  • BBC Entertainment Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles
  • BBC HD Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles
  • BBC Knowledge Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles
  • BBC Lifestyle Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles

Others
  • Animal Planet HD
  • Animal Planet Nordic, Swedish subtitles (DTT)
  • CNBC Nordic
  • Eurosport, Swedish audio (DTT)
  • Eurosport 2, Swedish audio (DTT)
  • National Geographic Channel HD Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles
  • National Geographic Channel Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles (DTT)
  • Hallmark Channel Scandilux, Swedish subtitles
  • The History Channel HD Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles
  • The History Channel Scandinavia, Swedish subtitles
  • LifeStyle TV (religious)
  • TV Shop Europe (home shopping)
  • Tvins.com (home shopping)

Pan-European channels

These are channels targeting all of Europe. This section may include virtually all channels available from any satellite that can be received in Sweden, but this list mostly concerns encrypted channels that are available from Swedish satellite distributors. Some have Swedish subtitles.

See also: Lists of television channels, List of television channels in Europe

Public access stations

Cable operators with more than 100 households are required by law to carry extra space for a local cable channel.

The Majority of "Open Channel" Public Access stations in Sweden are part of the national organisation RÖK.

Defunct channels

Distributors

Television packages and distributors in Sweden:

Digital terrestrial:
Satellite:
Cable:
IPTV

See also
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