SWR may refer to:

Radio and television

Standing wave ratio In radio engineering and telecommunications, standing wave ratio (SWR) is a measure of impedance matching of loads to the characteristic impedance of a transmission line or waveguide. Impedance mismatches result in standing waves along the tran ...

, in radio-engineering a measure of impedance matching of loads

Broadcasters

Scandinavian Weekend Radio Scandinavian Weekend Radio (SWR) is a shortwave and medium wave radio station in Virrat, Finland, established in 2000. It broadcasts for 24 hours on the first Saturday of every month and on Christmas Day. It is the only shortwave and medium wave ra ...

, Virrat, Finland * South West Radio, former broadcaster, England *

Südwestrundfunk (; ), shortened to SWR (), is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany, specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices in three cities: Stuttg ...

, German radio and television broadcaster **

SWR Symphonieorchester The SWR Symphonieorchester (SWR Symphony Orchestra) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the ''Südwestrundfunk'' (Southwest German Radio) public broadcasting network. Formed in 2016, the orchestra is administratively based in Stuttgart. The c ...

, a radio orchestra affiliated with Südwestrundfunk ** SWR Vokalensemble, the vocal ensemble of Südwestrundfunk **

SWR Fernsehen SWR Fernsehen is a German regional television channel targeting the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is produced by Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and is one of eight regional "third channels" broadcast by the ARD members. His ...

, a German regional television channel * SWR FM, former name of the SWR 99.9 FM radio broadcaster, Sydney, Australia

People

* Simeon Woods Richardson, American baseball player

Transportation

Railway

* South Wales Railway, UK *

South Western Railway South Western Railway Limited, trading as South Western Railway (SWR), is the British state-owned train operating company that took over the services of the South Western Railway (2017–2025), operator of the same name from FirstGroup and MTR ...

, a UK train operating company *

South Western Railway zone The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19 Indian Railways, railway zones of Indian Railways, headquartered at Hubballi in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Karnataka. SWR was created from carving out the routes ...

, India

Airlines

Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines AG, stylized as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, as well as a Star Alliance member. It operates scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, ...

(ICAO code), national airline of Switzerland *

Swissair Swissair (German language, German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French language, French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne, stylised as swissair) was the Flag carrier, national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and ban ...

(ICAO code), former national airline of Switzerland

Other uses

* '' SWR'', an album by

Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., commonly shortened to Acid Mothers Temple or AMT, is a Japanese rock music, rock band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career feat ...

SWR Sound Corporation SWR Sound Corporation was a specialist manufacturer of bass guitar amplifiers, preamps, speaker cabinets, and acoustic guitar amplifiers. History The company was founded as SWR Engineering, Inc. by its namesake, Steve W. Rabe. Rabe was kno ...

, guitar amplifier manufacturer *

Saweru language Saweru, or Saweroe, is a Papuan language spoken on Serui Island offshore of Yapen Island Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is ...

(ISO 639:swr), closely related to Yawa of central Yapen Island, Indonesia * ''

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is the second versus fighting game in the ''Touhou Project'', and is the spiritual successor to ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' by Twilight Frontier and Team Shanghai Alice. In the ''Touhou Project'' overall, it is labelled as the 10.5th Touhou ...

'', a game from ''Touhou Project'' *

Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 ( statutory instrument (UK)">statutory instrument that regulates the production, labelling, advertising and packaging of Scotch whisky. The regulations were laid before the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 30 ...

, a UK law *

She Wants Revenge She Wants Revenge is an American rock band, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Formed in 2004, the band is a duo of singer and guitarist Justin Warfield and multi-instrumentalist Adam Bravin. Their music has been influenced by post-pun ...

, American rock band