Coordinates: 59°20′5″N 18°6′5″E / 59.33472°N 18.10139°E / 59.33472; 18.10139

Sveriges Radio (SR)

SR logo
Type	Public broadcasting
Country	Sweden
Availability	National
Launch date	1925 (radio) 1956 (television)
Former names	Radiotjänst (1925-1957)
Official website	www.sr.se

The Sveriges Radio building in Stockholm

Sveriges Radio AB (SR) – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC.

Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee determined by the Swedish Parliament. No advertising is permitted. SR's status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization.

History[link]

The company was founded on 1 January 1925 as AB Radiotjänst (Radio Service), and was renamed Sveriges Radio in 1957. Sveriges Radio was originally responsible for all broadcasting in Sweden, both radio and television, and hosted the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest. A reorganization in 1979 saw SR become the parent company of four subsidiaries:

• Sveriges Riksradio (RR), Swedish National Radio;
• Sveriges Lokalradio (LRAB), Swedish Local Radio;
• Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR), Swedish Educational Broadcasting; and
• Sveriges Television (SVT), Swedish Television.

This structure was dissolved in 1993 with the national and local radio companies merging under the name of the old parent company: Sveriges Radio AB.

National radio[link]

Four radio channels are available nationwide on FM and via the internet.^[1]

• P1: "the spoken channel" for current affairs, science, culture etcetera (similar to BBC Radio 4 and ABC Radio National). Almost no music is played, except as in Sommar where the hosts chooses the songs.
• P2: classical music, folk, jazz and world music (similar to BBC Radio 3); the channel also carries some minority language programming.
• P3: popular music and comedy targeted at a younger audience (similar to BBC Radio 1 and Triple J)
• P4: popular music, entertainment and sport, chiefly targeted at an older audience; the network is made up of 25 local stations, each of which carries a mix of local and national programming.

Local radio[link]

A large part of P4's programming is regional with 25 regions each broadcasting their own local programmes during most of the day.

• SR Blekinge, for Blekinge County
• SR Dalarna
• SR Gotland
• SR Gävleborg
• SR Göteborg
• SR Halland, for Halland County
• SR Jämtland
• SR Jönköping
• SR Kalmar, for Kalmar County
• SR Kristianstad, for the former Kristianstad County, now north and eastern Skåne County
• SR Kronoberg
• SR Malmö, for the former Malmöhus County, now south-western Skåne County
• SR Norrbotten
• SR Sjuhärad, for Sjuhärad, the south-eastern part of Västra Götaland County
• SR Skaraborg, for the former Skaraborg County, now north-eastern Västra Götaland County
• SR Stockholm
• SR Sörmland
• SR Uppland
• SR Värmland
• SR Väst, for western Västergötland, Dalsland and northern Bohuslän, north-western Västra Götaland County
• SR Västerbotten
• SR Västernorrland
• SR Västmanland, for Västmanland
• SR Örebro, for Örebro County
• SR Östergötland, for Östergötland County

Additional radio stations available locally on FM include:

• Din gata 100,6, Malmö-based station playing mostly hiphop and R&B (available in Malmö)
• SR Metropol (formerly SR P5 Radio Stockholm), multicultural youth station for Stockholm (available in Stockholm)
• SR P2 Music, rebroadcasts P2, replacing programmes in minority and foreign languages with additional music output (available on FM in Stockholm and on the web) Schedule
• P6 89,6, broadcasts in minority and foreign languages as well as rebroadcasts BBC World Service and CBC Radio 1 and parts of the SR Världen channel (available in Stockholm) Schedule

Other channels[link]

Sveriges Radio also provides a number of channels through Digital audio broadcasting, using the DAB standard, and via the internet.

• SR International - Radio Sweden (web, satellite)
• SR P7 Sisuradio, in Finnish and Meänkieli (DAB, web and cable)
• Radioapans knattekanal, children's radio (web)
• SR c, experimental arts radio (web)
• SR Klassiskt, classical music (DAB and web)
• SR Minnen, programmes from the SR archive (DAB and web)
• SR P3 Star, hit music for teenagers (DAB and web)
• SR Sápmi, for the Sami languages (web)
• Alltid nyheter, news (web)

SR International[link]

SR International is the international and multicultural channel of Sveriges Radio and offers programming in 13 languages:

• Albanian (Radio Suedia)
• Arabic
• Bosnian (Radio Švedska)
• Croatian (Radio Švedska)
• English (Radio Sweden)
• German (Radio Schweden)
• Kurdish (Radio Zayele)
• Persian
• Romani
• Russian (Радио Швеция)
• Serbian (Радио Шведска, Radio Švedska)
• Somali
• Syriac

Programming in the minority languages Sámi and Finnish have dedicated channels, and is not part of SR International. See Other channels above.

On 16 March 2010 Radio Sweden announced the end of broadcasts on shortwave and medium wave as from 31 October 2010.^[2] External service programmes will only continue on the internet.^[3] Language-services for immigrants to Sweden in Albanian, Syriac, Serbian, Bosnian, and Croat will also be discontinued, while programmes in English (also on the domestic service), German, Russian, Persian, Dari, and Kurdish will remain.^[4]

See also[link]

• List of Swedish radio stations
• Modern Times Group (commercial broadcaster)
• Radiotjänst i Kiruna (licence fee agency)
• Sveriges Utbildningsradio
• Swedish Broadcasting Commission
• Swedish Radio and TV Authority
• Teracom (transmitters)

External links[link]

• Radio Sweden - Official site (in English)
• Sveriges Radio - Official site (in Swedish)
• SR International - Official site (multilingual)
• archive of daily podcasts (mp3) (English)

References[link]

1. ^ "Direktlänkar, kanaler i MP3 (192 kbps)", links to channels streaming in mp3 format. Sveriges Radio's webpage. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
2. ^ Radio Sweden Ends Medium, Short Wave, Sveriges Radio International, 16 March 2010.
3. ^ Radio Sweden to become an Internet-only station, Media Network, 17 March 2010.
4. ^ Radio Sweden Ends Medium, Short Wave, Sveriges Radio International, 16. March 2010.

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Eric Saade
Eric Saade (2011)
Background information
Birth name	Eric Khaled Saade
Born	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 21)
Origin	Kattarp, Helsingborg, Sweden
Genres	Dance, Pop, Pop rock, Rock, Teen Pop
Occupations	Singer, Television presenter
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Roxy Recordings, All Around the World Productions, B1M1 Recordings, Mostiko, Neocorp Music, Oh My God!, Ratas Music Group, Broma Sixteen
Associated acts	J-Son, Dev, What's Up!
Website	Official Website

Eric Saade (Arabic: اريك سعادة‎ Īrik Saʿāda, IPA: [ˈiːrik saʔaːdɐ]; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈeː.ˈrɪk sa.ˈaː.ˈdɛ]; born 29 October 1990 in Kattarp, Helsingborg, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. After two years with the boyband What's Up!, he left the group in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Eric Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany after winning the national Swedish selection Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular". In the final Saade came in third place.

Early life[link]

Eric Saade grew up in Kattarp, Sweden with his Swedish mother and Palestinian father. His parents divorced when Saade was four years old. He is the second oldest of eight siblings and half siblings.

When he was six years old, Saade first sang on a stage at his mother's wedding. He has been writing songs since he was 13 years old. He got his first record deal when he was 15 years old. Before starting his solo career, Saade was in the boyband What's Up!.^[1]

Career[link]

2009: Beginnings[link]

In summer 2009, Saade hosted the Swedish music competition My Camp Rock, a camp inspirated by the Disney Channel movie Camp Rock. In the same year, he hosted the nationwide contest Julia's Shooting Stars.

In August 2009, Saade signed with the Swedish record label Roxy Recordings.

On 21 December 2009, Saade released his first single Sleepless, written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström as a download single worldwide on iTunes.^[2] The song reached #44 in Sweden. The music video premiered on 22 January 2010 and was directed by Anders Rune.^[3]

2010: Melodifestivalen[link]

Eric Saade performing at Melodifestivalen 2010

On 12 February 2010, Saade performed in the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2010,^[4] the Swedish pre-decision for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Manboy" written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström^[2] as number one. He won that semi-final.^[5] He came in third place. The song was released on 3 March 2010 in Sweden. The single reached #1 in Sweden and in the Swedish ringtone Charts. In June 2010, the single has reached Platinum status there.^[6] The music video of the acoustic version premiered on 25 March 2010.^[7] The acoustic version was released on 10 May 2010 in Sweden.^[8]

2010: Breakthrough in Sweden[link]

Eric.Saade performing at Masquerade Tour

In January 2010, Saade won one Scandipop Award in the category Brightest New Hope for 2010.^[9]

In March 2010, Saade was nominated for one Marcel Bezençon Award (Melodifestivalen) in the category Press Award for Manboy. He also won one in the category Artistic Award for the same song. Saade released his first solo album Masquerade on 19 May 2011.^[10] The album reached #2 in Sweden and reached Gold status there. After the release of his debut album, Saade went on his first tour called Masquerade Tour. The tour went from 9 June 2010 until 11 September 2010 with 24 concerts in Sweden.

The third single from the album, called Break of Dawn, written by Saade and Fredrik Kempe,^[11] was released on 28 June 2010 in Sweden. The song reached #45 in Sweden. The music video premiered on 15 June 2010.^[12] The Le Family Remix of the song was released on 12 July 2010 in Sweden.^[13]

In August 2010, Saade was nominated for three Rockbjörnen Awards in the categories Best Swedish Male Live Artist, Best Breakthrough Act and Best Swedish Song of the Year for Manboy.^[14]

Still in 2010, Saade released the singles Masquerade and It's Gonna Rain.^[5] The music video for Masquerade premiered on 10 August 2010.^[15] The music video for It's Gonna Rain premiered on 22 October 2010.^[16]

2011: Melodifestivalen / Eurovision Song Contest[link]

On 19 February 2011, Saade competed a second time Melodifestivalen. He performed in the third semi-final with the number eight^[17] and won the final with the song Popular written by Fredrik Kempe and produced by Peter Boström on 12 March 2011 with 193 points.^[18] On 14 April 2011, the music video of the song premiered.

Eric Saade performing in the semi-final of Eurovisiong Song Contest 2011

On 12 May 2011, Saade competed with the number eight in the second semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2011. He reached the final as the last contestant. It was later revealed that he won the semi-final. On 14 May 2011, Saade competed with the number seven in the final. He placed on the third place. That is Sweden's best position since 1999 when Charlotte Perrelli won with the song Take Me to Your Heaven. It also is the fifth third place for Sweden in Eurovision history. It was released on 28 February 2011 in Sweden.^[19] The song reached #1 in Sweden and in the Swedish ringtone Charts. By July 2011, it sold over 40.000 copies in Sweden and received Double Platinum status there. The music video premiered on 14 April 2011. After competing in Eurovision Song Contest, Saade released the song on 25 April 2011 in Finland,^[20] on 6 May 2011 in Norway,^[21] on 12 May 2011 in Australia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, the UK and the USA,^[22] on 18 May 2011 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland^[23] and on 20 May 2011 in Belgium.^[24] The song reached #4 in the Belgium (Flanders) Ultratip Charts, #17 in Finland, #23 in the Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratip, #29 in Austria,^[25] #27 in Ireland,^[26] #48 in Germany^[27] and #76 in the UK.^[28] The song was listed on number three on popjustice.coms list 45 Best Singles 2011. The album remix of the song was released on 14 March 2011 in Sweden.^[29] The slow version was released the same day in Sweden.^[30] That version was named Song of the Day by popjustice.com on 15 May 2011.^[31] The SoundFactory Remix was released on 25 May 2011 in Sweden.^[32] Another remix was released on 9 June 2011 in Greece.^[33]

2011-2012: More success[link]

In January 2011, Saade was nominated for six Scandipop Awards in the categories Best Single from a New Artist for It's Gonna Rain and Manboy, Best Male Single for the same songs, Best Male Album for Masquerade and Best New Artist. He also won two awards in the categories Best Album from a New Artist for Masquerade and Best Male.^[34]

Also in January 2011, Saade was nominated for one Grammi in the category Song of the Year for Manboy.^[35]

On 14 January 2011, Saade released the first single Still Loving It from his second album, written by Saade, Niclas Lundin and Anton Malmberg Hård Af Segerstad,^[36] in Sweden.^[37]

In March 2011, Saade was nominated for one Marcel Bezençon Award (Melodifestivalen) in the category Artistic Award for Popular. He also won one in the category Press Award for the same song.

In April 2011, Saade was nominated for one Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award in Sweden in the category Sweden's Favorite Star.^[38]

In May 2011, Saade was nominated for two Marcel Bezençon Awards in the categories Artistic Award and Press Award for Popular. Also in May 2011, it was announced that Saade would release two albums in 2011 called Saade Vol. 1 and Saade Vol. 2 in Sweden. The first one was released on 29 June 2011 in Sweden and Norway.^[39] From 16 June until 27 June 2011, the website scandipop.co.uk released previews from the album. The album reached #1 in Sweden, sold over 50.000 copies and reached Platinum status in July 2011 there. It also reached #16 in Finland.^[40]

In June 2011, Saade won two ESC Radio Awards in the categories Best Male Artist and Best Song for "Popular".

The second single of the album Saade Vol. 1 called "Hearts in the Air", a collaboration with J-Son, was released on 3 June 2011 in Sweden and Norway^[41] and on 28 September 2011 in France.^[42] The song reached #2 in Sweden and reached Gold status there. The music video premiered on 29 June 2011. The remix of the song was released on 11 December 2011 in the UK.^[43]

Eric Saade performing at Made of Pop Concert

From 17 June 2011 until 10 November 2011, Saade went on his second tour called Made of Pop Concert. The tour included 24 concerts in Sweden and one concert in France.

On 14 July 2011, Saade performed for the Swedish crown princess Victoria and the royal family.

In August 2011, Saade was nominated for two You Choice Awards in the categories Best Male Video for Popular^[44] and Best Newcommer for the same song.

Also in August 2011, Saade was nominated for two Rockbjörnen Awards in the categories Best Male Artist Live and Best Swedish Song for Popular.

On 2 November 2011, Saade released the first single "Hotter Than Fire", a collaboration with Dev, in Sweden. The song is written by Saade, Jason Gill and J-Son. On 30 October 2011, scandipop.co.uk has released a preview of the song. The song reached #5 in Sweden. The music video premiered on 7 December 2011. The remix of the song was released on 30 November 2011 in Sweden.^[45]

The album Saade Vol. 2 was released on 30 November 2011. From 21 November until 29 November 2011, scandipop.co.uk has released previews from the album. The album reached #1 in Sweden and #46 in Finland.^[46]

In 2011, Saade was the most searched celebrity on Google in Sweden.^{[citation needed]}

2012

Saade is nominated for six Scandipop Awards in the categories Best Male, Readers Favourite of 2011, Best Male Album for Saade Vol. 1 and Saade Vol. 2, Best Male Single for "Popular" and Best Remix for "Popular (SoundFactory Remix)" which will be awarded in January 2012.^[47]

Saade is also nominated for one Grammi in the category Best Song for "Popular" which also will be awarded in January 2012.

From 30 March until 28 April 2012, Saade will go on his third Swedish tour, called Pop Explosion Concert 2012 with 15 concerts.

Personal life[link]

Saade lives in Stockholm. He was in a long-term relationship with Molly Sandén, until their relationship officially ended on January 9, 2012.^[48]

Influences[link]

Saade started singing after seeing Michael Jackson on TV. His other musical influences are Bryan Adams and the Backstreet Boys.

Discography[link]

• 2010: Masquerade
• 2011: Saade Vol. 1
• 2011: Saade Vol. 2

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Eric Saade Official Website
• Eric Saade Official Facebook
• Eric Saade Official Twitter
• Eric Saade Charts Sweden
• Eric Saade Fansite

Veronica Maggio
Veronica posing for Swedish magazine Café 2008.
Background information
Birth name	Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio
Born	(1981-03-15) March 15, 1981 (age 31)
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Soul, pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Stockholm, Universal
Website	veronicamaggio.com

Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio (born March 15, 1981 in Uppsala) is a Swedish singer of Swedish and Italian origin.^[1] She won the category "Årets nykomling" (Newcomer of the Year) in the Grammisgalan 2007.

Music career[link]

[edit] 2006-07: Vatten och bröd

In March 2006, Maggio released her debut single "Dumpa mig" (Dump Me); the video for the single soon became the hit of the week on TV stations like ZTV. Her other single after "Dumpa mig" was the song "Nöjd?" (Satisfied?). She signed a contract with Universal Music and went on a tour in Summer 2006.

Maggio's debut album is called Vatten och bröd (Water and Bread). The lyrics and music were written by Stefan Gräslund, except for the rap verse in "Vi har, vi har" (We Have, We Have), which was written by LKM Kristoffer Malmsten.

[edit] 2008-09: Och vinnaren är...

On March 26, 2008, Maggio released another album – Och vinnaren är... (And the Winner Is...), which she wrote and recorded together with Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros. Maggio went to high school in Uppsala on Bolandsskolan's music department and was also the lead singer of the group Solitude, with other members Daniel Fredriksson, Marcus "Gonzo" Berglund, Karl Jansson, and Kristoffer Hoflund.

In 2009 she enjoyed some success in Norway and Denmark with her single "Måndagsbarn" (Monday child) reaching 1st position at the Norwegian charts,^[2] as well as being A-listed on the Norwegian radio station NRK P3, and the album Och vinnaren är... broke into the top 40 albums list.

[edit] 2011-present: Satan i gatan

In 2011 she released the album Satan i gatan, which was a success. It reached the 1st place in Sweden and Norway, as did the single "Jag kommer".

Discography[link]

• Vatten och bröd (2006)
• Och vinnaren är... (2008)
• Satan i gatan (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Veronica Maggio on Myspace

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