Country reference
- Country codes
- SE / SWE · M49 752
- Browsing region
- Europe
- Language options to specify
- Swedish, Finnish, English
- UN statistical subregion
- Northern Europe
Choose the locality as well as the Swedish broadcaster. SVT’s updated news description identifies separate local newsrooms alongside its national reporting. A national Swedish bulletin and a report from the community your family follows can be different viewing requests, even when both carry the SVT name.
Choose the local newsroom
Begin with the town, municipality or newsroom area. The broadcaster’s map includes, for example, Skåne, Norrbotten and Stockholm as distinct local editorial identities. A viewer following one community should keep that location with the programme request. The location in the household’s internet connection does not, by itself, identify which local story or edition someone actually wants to watch.
A municipality report and full programme differ
Decide whether the need is one video report, a complete local programme or national news. A newsroom’s website can publish a short item with its own headline and date. That report can be exactly what the viewer wants, but it should not be presented as a full bulletin if the surrounding programme is absent. Add the interviewee or subject when a particular report is remembered.
Preserve Swedish title and calendar date
Preserve the original Swedish title, especially for local place names. Specify Swedish audio, any minority-language requirement and subtitles independently. A headline translated into English can identify a story while leaving its original spoken language unchanged. If someone needs accessible viewing, check that feature on the actual programme rather than accepting a general description of the broadcaster’s services.
| Viewing need | Exact request |
|---|---|
| Follow a community story | Give municipality, local newsroom area and subject; the national broadcaster identity alone leaves locality unresolved. |
| Watch a whole local edition | Keep the programme title and Swedish date; a separately posted local video may contain only one report. |
| Build a family evening list | Request national news, local output and entertainment separately, with an original title and date for each. |
Build a national-plus-local viewing list
For a useful household list, pair a named national edition with the local programme and a separate entertainment or documentary title. Give each its original Swedish date. When one result is wrong, describe the precise mismatch: different locality, short report instead of full programme, or another edition. This makes the check concrete without assuming that all Swedish television shares one schedule or archive.
- Choose the local area before searching its report.
- Keep national news and local output as separate items.
- Check the programme opening and locality together.
Time-zone reference locations
Europe/Stockholm
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.