Julia Stoll
Research expert covering TV and video media
Public service television in Sweden - statistics & facts
Public service television includes every TV broadcaster that is publicly funded. Its mission is to inform everyone regardless of their sociocultural background. In Sweden, there are two public service television broadcasters: Sveriges Television AB (SVT) and the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Corporation (UR). SVT and UR operates the TV stations SVT1, SVT2, SVT24, Barnkanalen (children’s channel), as well as Kunskapskanalen (science channel). According to Mediamätning i Skandinavien, SVT1 reached the highest audience share of 25.6 percent in 2019. The second most watched public TV channel was SVT2 – the audience share was 6.4 percent that year. The overall market share of Sveriges Television’s channels remained stable in the past ten years, amounting to 35 percent as of 2018.
