Sweden Communications

Telephone

Country code: 46.

Mobile Telephone

Coverage is available across most of the country.

Internet

Internet cafes exist in all main urban areas but are scarcer outside of these areas. Sweden is one of the world's most net-savvy countries, with a very high proportion of the population online.

Post

Post boxes are yellow. Stamps and aerograms are on sale at post offices and also at most bookstalls and stationers. Airmail within Europe takes two to three days.

Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1900, Sat 0800-1400. Some branches may be closed Saturday during July.

Media

The Swedish public enjoys a wide variety of public and commercial broadcast services, though until relatively recently public TV and radio had a near-monopoly of the airwaves. Digital terrestrial broadcasting was launched by SVT in 1999. Swedes are among the top consumers of newspapers in the world.

Press

• The provinces have their own newspapers which are widely read in their respective regions.
• The major dailies are confined largely to the capital and include such titles as Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Svenska Dagbladet.
• Many papers are financed by political parties but independence and freedom of the press is firmly maintained.
The Local (website: www.thelocal.se) provides English-language online news.

TV

Sveriges Televison (SVT) operates SVT1, SVT 2, SVT24 (news channel) and SVT Europa.
TV4, TV3, Kana.
• 5 and ZTV are other commerical channels available through satellite and/or cable.

Radio

Sveriges Radio operates P1, P2, P3 and P4.
Radio Sweden International broadcasts in a number of languages, including English.
• Rix FM, NRJ, Mix Megapol and Radio Match are among the commercial networks.
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