Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television (SVT)

Type	Public television broadcaster
Country	Sweden
Availability	National
Founded	1956; 68 years ago (1956) (as Sveriges Radio TV) by Sveriges Radio
Parent	Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR
Key people	Kia Orback Pettersson, Chairman of the Board Hanna Stjärne, CEO Jan Helin, Media Director
Launch date	4 September 1956; 67 years ago (1956-09-04)
Former names	Radiotjänst (1956–1957) Sveriges Radio TV (1957–1979)
Channels	SVT1, SVT2, SVT24, SVT Barn, Kunskapskanalen
Online	SVT Nyheter
Affiliates	European Broadcasting Union
Official website	www.svt.se
Language	Swedish and a variety of minority languages.
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Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (Swedish: [ˈsvæ̌rjɛs tɛlɛvɪˈɧuːn ɛsveːˈteː] ^ⓘ), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament).^[2] Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC.

SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation." Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, representing the political parties in the Riksdag and appointed by the Swedish government. The foundation in turn appoints the SVT board members.

SVT's regulatory framework is governed by Swedish law. SVT and Sveriges Radio were originally a joint company, but since 1979 they and Sveriges Utbildningsradio are sibling companies sharing some joint services.

SVT maintained a monopoly in domestic terrestrial broadcasting from its start in 1956 until the privately held TV4 started broadcasting terrestrially in 1992. It is barred from accepting advertisements except in the case of sponsors for sporting events. Until the launch of the Swedish language satellite television channel TV3 in 1987, Sveriges Television provided the only Swedish television available to the public. SVT is still the biggest TV network in Sweden, with an audience share of 36.4 per cent.^{[citation needed]}