This is the International Section of

The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:

Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer

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Swedish Broadcasting:

  • History
  • Regulation
  • Station Identifications

Swedish Broadcast History:

Sveriges Radio began in the 1920s. An important figure was Ernst Alexanderson, who invented, among other things, the alternating-current generator. Alexanderson moved to the US and was awarded 344 patents over his lifetime, the third most in US history.

The first station in Sweden was 

 

Regulation:

Early regulation of broadcasting. 

At the London International Radiotelegraphic Convention on July 5, 1912, among the international allocations, Sweden was granted SAA-SMZ.

The current regulatory body is the

Station Identification: