The Best TV Shows on SVT

Every SVT Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of January 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of SVT’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Highlighting SVT’s quality programming, Eurovision Song Contest and Melodifestivalen stand out, premiering in 1956 and 1959. Across the timeline from 1956 to 2025, SVT has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows.

  • Husdrömmar
    Husdrömmar (2014)10.0

    What happens when you choose to realize your big dream of a house? How does that affect your life and relationships? In eight programs we follow eight dreams of houses - villas, penthouses, new buildings and renovations.

  • Veckan med Camilla och Leif GW
    Veckan med Camilla och Leif GW (2024)8.0

    Camilla Kvartoft and Leif GW Persson take on the hottest questions and the forgotten cases, with sharp analyses, initiated conversations and exclusive guests.

  • Hur fan hamnade vi här?
    Hur fan hamnade vi här? (2025)8.0

    Comedian Messiah Hallberg examines various parts of our Swedish society and asks the question: how the hell did we end up here?

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.3

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Hem till byn
    Hem till byn (1971)7.3

    Hem till byn, written by Bengt Bratt, is Sweden's longest running TV series and one of its most popular. It is a realistic drama about people in a rural Swedish village and their daily life and romances and fights but also the consequenses of agricultural policy and other changes in the society. The series was first aired in 1971 and has since then been shown in eight seasons with three to five years between them, except a 14-year long intermission between 1976 and 1990. The 2006 season was likely the last. All the characters were played by the same actors throughout the series' run, and thus aged naturally with the actors. As the actors grew older and eventually died during the years, the characters that they played had also died at the start of the following season. The seven seasons between 1971 and 2002 were directed by Jackie Söderman and the eighth season of 2006 by Gun Jönsson, who herself portrayed one of the main characters in the series.

  • Julkalendern
    Julkalendern (1960)7.1

    An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

  • LasseMajas detektivbyrå
    LasseMajas detektivbyrå (2006)7.0

    Christmas is approaching and the chief of police in the town of Valleby intends to put on a Christmas play in memory of his parents, but a lot of crime gets in the way. He therefore enlists the help of two young detectives, Lasse and Maja. Lasse and Maja have their own detective agency that solves crimes. When the orchestra learns that the police chief has not gathered enough actors, they become increasingly suspicious of his amateurish methods.

  • The History of Sweden
    The History of Sweden (2023)6.9

    The great story of our country. About the people and forces that shaped it - from the Ice Age to the present day. Simon J Berger is the narrator of the series. The program series consists of ten parts and is based on reconstructions of historical events and people. Over 300 experts have contributed to the content and 100 of them appear in the series. The series' signature melody is composed by Ludwig Göransson and Per-Gunnar Juliusson.

  • History of the World
    History of the World (2020)6.5

    It's about human history, how humans shaped the world we live in. A history through cultures and civilizations - from early Mesopotamia to the industrial revolution. Documentary series from various european production company’s like BBC, SVT, NRK, DR, ARTE, Covering serveral topics of war, Persons Like Cleopatra, Hitler, George Washington, etc

  • Faithless
    Faithless (2025)6.3

    In the twilight of his life, a filmmaker reunites with a woman who was once his best friend's partner and confronts the story of their affair.

  • Melodifestivalen
    Melodifestivalen (1959)5.0

    Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".

  • This Is Not Sweden
    This Is Not Sweden (2023)3.1

    Mariana and Samuel go to live in Vallvidrera, a mountain neighbourhood in Barcelona, to raise their children in a more authentic place, far from their respective painful childhoods. There, they find a community with the same aspirations. But when tragedy shakes the neighbourhood, they dismantle their ideal, the couple's certainties begin to waver and fear settles in, coming dangerously close to everything they were trying to escape.

  • Terese i kassan
    Terese i kassan (2023)2.7

  • Söndagsöppet
    Söndagsöppet (1990)N/A

    A family entertainment show presenting national and international celebrities.

  • Nästa man till rakning
    Nästa man till rakning (1993)N/A

  • Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen
    Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen (2013)N/A

    The Hedenhös family time-travels and ends up in a museum in Stockholm in 2013. They explore the modern world and try to find a way to get back home.

  • Kriminalarkivet med Pops och Lampers
    Kriminalarkivet med Pops och Lampers (2021)N/A

  • Kronprinsen som försvann
    Kronprinsen som försvann (2022)N/A

    The young Crown Prince Carl Wilhelm is suddenly forced to flee the royal castle when his mother the Queen disappears. He meets the poor girl Hilda who helps him assume a false identity as an orphanage boy.

  • Ture Sventon och den magiska lampan
    Ture Sventon och den magiska lampan (2023)N/A

    Ture struggle to find the magic lamp in order to prevent the criminal called Ville Vessla from making his evil wishes.

  • Kungen och jag
    Kungen och jag (2023)N/A