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The Best TV Shows on SVT1

Every SVT1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on SVT1, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for January 2025. Icons of SVT1, Eurovision Song Contest and Melodifestivalen made their debut in 1956 and 1959, setting industry standards. SVT1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1956 and as recent as 2020.

  • Historieätarna
    Historieätarna (2012)8.2

    The program follows the two presenters as they "live" in a certain time period. They dress up in period accurate clothes, and live life as you would in that certain time period with a large emphasis on the food. Each program features a guest chef who prepares period accurate food.

  • The Bridge
    The Bridge (2011)8.1

    When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

  • Rederiet
    Rederiet (1992)7.8

    This Swedish soap opera follows the lives of the captain and crew of the MS Freja, a cruiseferry that travels on the Baltic Sea between between Stockholm, Sweden and Turku, Finland.

  • Robins
    Robins (2006)7.8

    Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from Malmö. The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio. One of the most popular sketches in the show features Robin appearing as Swedish football player Zlatan Ibrahimović.

  • Svenska nyheter
    Svenska nyheter (2018)7.8

    The show that explains why things are the way they are, how they should be, and jokes about politics and things you do not know are politics.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.1

    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.

  • Springfloden
    Springfloden (2016)7.1

    A homeless former detective and an aspiring police officer join forces to solve a cold case in which a pregnant woman was buried alive on a beach on North Koster Island.

  • Stjärnorna på Slottet
    Stjärnorna på Slottet (2006)7.0

    Five celebrities spend five days together on a castle somewhere in Sweden. Each episode (or day) centres around one of them. This person decides what to to and eat. The others get the chance to ask questions about this persons life and career.

  • Uppdrag granskning
    Uppdrag granskning (2001)6.8

    Swedish investigative journalism series known for the use of concealed cameras and microphones.

  • Vetenskapens värld
    Vetenskapens värld (1971)6.7

    Vetenskapens värld is a popular science TV documentary program broadcast on Swedish Television (SVT).

  • Bonus Family
    Bonus Family (2017)6.7

    A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.

  • Doobidoo
    Doobidoo (2005)6.2

    Doobidoo is a Swedish musical game show first aired in 2005 on the public service network SVT. There is also a Polish, TVP2, version called Dubidu - show host Piotr Gasowski - and an Australian version that goes by You may be right, hosted by Todd McKenney The Swedish version of the show is hosted by entertainment personality Lasse Kronér.

  • History Of The World
    History Of The World (2020)6.2

    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

  • Robinson
    Robinson (1997)5.7

    Expedition Robinson is a Swedish reality television program in which contestants are put into survival situations, and a voting process eliminates one person each episode until a winner is determined. The format was developed in 1994 by Charlie Parsons for a United Kingdom TV production company called Planet 24, but the Swedish debut in 1997 was the first production to actually make it to television.

  • Snoken
    Snoken (1993)5.6

    Aided by his dog Tubbe, private detective Anders Grip solve mysteries in Stockholm from a house boat.

  • Skavlan
    Skavlan (2009)5.0

    Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."

  • Second Avenue
    Second Avenue (2007)4.8

    Andra Avenyn was a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT and broadcast from 2007 to 2010.

  • Melodifestivalen
    Melodifestivalen (1959)4.4

    The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  • Sommartorpet
    Sommartorpet (2000)N/A

    Sommartorpet was a Swedish home improvement television programme broadcast by Sveriges Television. It was broadcasted in the summer and based around the renovation of an old house.

  • Cleo
    Cleo (2002)N/A

    Cleo is a Swedish drama/comedy TV series in two seasons, each consisting of nine episodes. The series was broadcast on SVT, the first season in 2002 and the second in 2003. Directed by Svante Kettner and screenplay by Michael Hjorth, Tomas Tivemark and Johan Kindblom. The name of the series comes from the main character Cleopatra "Cleo" Andersson, played by Suzanne Reuter. When the first episode aired on March 24, 2002 it was watched by 2,2 million people. At the 2004 Monte-Carlo TV Festival Cleo won three awards in the comedy category, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Actress and Outstanding European Producer.