Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company ( sv, Sveriges Utbildningsradio or ''Utbildningsradion'', UR) is a public-service corporation dedicated to serving the needs of the
Swedish
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general public by providing educational programming on
radio
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and
television
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.
The company is a member of the
European Broadcasting Union
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and
Nordvision
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Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) (pronounced or ) ( en, 'The Icelandic National Broadcasting Servi ...
.
History
The company originates from experiments with (school radio) by the (National Board of Education) in 1928, a business that became permanent in 1929. In 1931,
Radiotjänst
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became the principal for its broadcasts. In 1961, test broadcasts of school television began, an activity that in 1964 merged with school radio. To this was later added SR's adult education and the activity was financed with tax funds.
In 1967, Kommittén för Television och Radio i Utbildningen (TRU), the committee for television and radio, was started in the education of the state as an experimental activity of sending wireless teaching materials to universities and preschools. The location was in
Stocksund
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Located immediately across the Edsviken and Stocksundet from Bergshamra, Stocksund is one of four parts of Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm, which is the most af ...
and the business continued until 1978 when it was taken over by the newly started Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB.
In 1978, an extensive reorganization was carried out in which
Sveriges Radio
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(SR) was split into four subsidiaries owned by SR: (RR), ''Swedish National Radio''; (LRAB), ''Swedish Local Radio''; Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR), ''Swedish Educational Broadcasting''; and
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national ...
(SVT), ''Swedish Television''. In 1985, the tax financing ceased and UR's program was financed by the television fee. In 1994, another reorganization was made and UR became an independent company.
Between 1999 and 2006, a series of books on the history of educational programs and UR have been published by . A total of 16 volumes were published in this series of publications. In 2016, UR was rejected by the
Discrimination Ombudsman after placing a job advertisement where dark skin color was included in the applicant's qualifications.
Distribution
UR broadcasts their programming on
Sveriges Radio
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's channels
P1,
P2,
P3 and
P4 as well as
Sveriges Television
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's
SVT1
SVT1 (SVT Ett; commonly referred to as Ettan) is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.
History
Television in Sweden officially launched on 4 September 1956 with the launch of '' ...
,
SVT2
SVT2 (SVT Två; commonly referred to as Tvåan), is one of the two main television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden.
Launched in 1969 by Sveriges Radio, the channel was until the 1990s the most watched in Sweden for many yea ...
and
SVT Barn. On 27 September 2004,
Kunskapskanalen
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(The Knowledge Channel) started broadcasting. The channel is run as a collaborative project between UR and SVT. Each company accounts for fifty percent of the content and airtime.
Management
CEOs:
* (1977–1986)
* (1986–1998)
*Rolf Svensson (1998–1999, acting)
* (2000–2009)
* (2009–2015)
* (2015–2017)
*Per Bergkrantz (2017–2018, acting)
* (2018–)
See also
*
Educational television
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*
Radiotjänst i Kiruna
Radiotjänst i Kiruna AB (literally, ''"Radio Service in Kiruna"'') was Sweden's TV licensing body. It was a private corporation, formed in 1988 and based in Kiruna, and upon its formation took over the administration and handling of TV licences ...
(licence fee agency)
*
Swedish Broadcasting Commission
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References
External links
*
Official site: About UR
Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR
European Broadcasting Union members
Radio in Sweden
Television in Sweden
Swedish companies established in 1978
Educational broadcasting
Education companies of Sweden
Television production companies of Sweden
Companies based in Stockholm
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