Before the company Sveriges Television was created in 1978, the television broadcasting was controlled by channel controllers. Erik Baehrentz was the controller between 1958-1968. He was succeeded by Håkan Unsgaard who became TV1's controller in 1968 and Örjan Wallquist who became the TV2 controller in 1969.

• Magnus Faxén, 1978–1981
• Sam Nilsson, 1981–1999
• Maria Curman, 2000–2001
• Christina Jutterström, 2001–2006
• Eva Hamilton, 2006 – present

When Sam Nilsson retired, the executive chair was split between a CEO and a Programme Officer. This position was abolished in 2007.

• Mikael Olsson, 2000–2000
• Leif Jakobsson, 2001–2007

A diagram showing the different shares of the viewing for the four major television companies in 2006. SVT's share has blue colour.

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Viewing

Since the arrival of commercial television, the combined SVT share of the viewing has declined steadily, and the digital niche channels have also provided competition. The first time the commercial TV4 was the largest channel for a full year was in 1995 and they maintained this position until 2002 when SVT1 passed TV4. TV4 became the most watched channel again in 2006.

The combined viewing share passed 50% in 1997 and 40% in 2005. SVT is however still the most watched television company in Sweden with a share of 38.3% in 2006.

Although SVT is still the company with the highest viewing share, they have trouble attracting younger viewers. Among the 15-24 agers, all three major commercial channels are larger than the two SVT channels combined.^[11]

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See also

• Radiotjänst i Kiruna
• Sveriges Utbildningsradio
• Swedish Broadcasting Commission
• Swedish Radio and TV Authority
• Teracom
• TV4
• Viasat
• List of Swedish television channels

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References

1. ^ Television i Sverige - Ägande och struktur, Ministry of Culture, 1996, p. page 7 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Television i Sverige - Ägande och struktur, Ministry of Culture, 1996, p. page 8 
3. ^ Television i Sverige - Ägande och struktur, Ministry of Culture, 1996, p. page 9 
4. ^ Larsson, Sören (1998). Allt hände i Aktuellt - 40 år på en nyhetsredaktion. Sveriges Radios förlag, pages 87-94. ISBN 91-522-1806-6. 
5. ^ Larsson, Sören (1998). Allt hände i Aktuellt - 40 år på en nyhetsredaktion. Sveriges Radios förlag, pages 115-116. ISBN 91-522-1806-6. 
6. ^ Television i Sverige - Ägande och struktur, Ministry of Culture, 1996, p. page 10 
7. ^ ^{a b} JMGdata 2000 Journalisternas partisympatier
8. ^ Dagens Nyheter, June 9 2006
9. ^ SVT Årsredovisning 2005 page 28 (in Swedish)
10. ^ Utsändningar. Ålands radio/tv. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
11. ^ Årsrapport 2006, MMS

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External links

• Sveriges Television - Official site (in Swedish)
• SVT television schedule
• SVT VODcasts
• SVT Play, a video on demand service