Telephones 13 million (1996 est.)

Telephone system excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system
domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels
international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway)

Radio broadcast stations AM 5, FM 360 (mostly repeaters), shortwave 0

Radios 7.272 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations 880 (mostly repeaters)

Televisions 3.5 million

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.