Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

's national publicly funded radio

Radio programming

Radio programming is the Broadcast programming of a Radio format or content that is organized for Commercial broadcasting and Public broadcasting radio stations....

 broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting

Public broadcasting

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 system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

 - shares many characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC.

Sveriges Radio is a public limited company

Public limited company

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, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee

Television licence

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 determined by the Swedish Parliament

Parliament of Sweden

The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...

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