Yle FSR (Finlands Svenska Radio) was the
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
-language radio department of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
's national broadcaster
Yle
Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...
(Yleisradio)
The department is responsible for the Swedish-language radio stations of Yle; the speech station
Radio Vega and the pop music station
Radio X3M. Both these channels are available in areas of Finland where the
Swedish-speaking minority is found (mainly the coastal areas). In some parts of the country without a strong Swedish-speaking presence, Radio Vega can be received.
Some programmes of FSR's channels are also simulcast on Yle's international radio channel, Radio Finland.
See also
*
Media of Finland
Mass media in Finland includes a variety of online, print, and broadcast formats, such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.
Magazines
Newspapers
'' Åbo Underrättelser'' newspaper began publication in 1824.
Radio
Yleisradio O ...
Yle
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