Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
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| Type | Public broadcasting |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Availability | National |
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Launch date
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1 January 1925 (radio) 4 September 1956 (television) |
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Former names
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Radiotjänst (1925-1957) |
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Official website
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www.sverigesradio.se |
Coordinates: 59°20′5″N 18°6′5″E / 59.33472°N 18.10139°E
Sveriges Radio AB (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsværˈjɛs ˈrɑːdio], "Swedish Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is decided by the Swedish Riksdag. No advertising is permitted. Its legal status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization.
The company – which was founded as AB Radiotjänst ("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 in . 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.
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