Editing SVT1 (section)

==History==
Television in Sweden officially launched on 4 September 1956 with the launch of ''Radiotjänst TV'', renamed ''Sveriges Radio TV'' a year later. It would take a few years before achieving national coverage. From 1955 to 1958, [[DR (broadcaster)|Danish television]] carried a program in Swedish (''[[:sv:Sydsvenska journalen|Sydsvenska journalen]]'') aiming at viewers in Skåne until the link with Stockholm was finished in 1958.

The arrival of a second television network, [[SVT2|TV2]], led to the first channel relaunching as ''TV1'' in 1969, remaining under the Sveriges Radio banner. In connection with the new system, the channel appointed Håkan Unsgaard as its director, and ''Aktuellt'' was replaced by ''TV-nytt'', broadcasting on both channels (Aktuellt returned to TV1 in 1972). The old "TV0" was shut down on 29 November 1969 and the new TV1 started the following day. Among the programs shown on the launch night of the renamed service was a special variety show (Cabaret Canalhumorn) with Povel Ramel and Hans Alfredson. Full-time colour broadcasting started in 1970 before both networks were placed under the management of [[Sveriges Television]] (SVT) on 1 July 1979.

To encourage competition between the two channels, ''TV1'' relaunched as ''Kanal 1'' on 31 August 1987 with the entirety of its homegrown programming produced in [[Stockholm]], including the national news and current affairs programme ''[[Aktuellt]]'' (''Current''). Organizationally, these changes were launched on 1 July, less than two months before the rebrand was made official.<ref name="hednius1998s290">{{cite book |last1=Hadenius |first1=Stig |title=Kampen om monopolet : Sveriges radio och TV under 1900-talet |date=1998 |publisher=Prisma |url=http://webbshop.ur.se/Content/Images/uploaded/download/Kampen_om_monopolet.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804051918/http://webbshop.ur.se/Content/Images/uploaded/download/Kampen_om_monopolet.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2015 |language=sv |format=pdf}}</ref>
 The merger of the teams behind the two channels created a larger team for Kanal 1. Such merger allowed rationings that, over time, led to an increase in programming time. Kanal 1 got its drama unit, Kanal 1 Drama, which became the largest drama producer in the Nordic region. Increased competition from commercial channels, including [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]], led to another relaunch as SVT1 in 1996, incorporating programming produced from across the country again.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/arkiv/teater/svart-med-nya-kanalnamn-rattelse-tack-for-att-nytt-om/|title=Svårt med nya kanalnamn|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=8 January 1996|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813125343/http://www.dn.se/arkiv/teater/svart-med-nya-kanalnamn-rattelse-tack-for-att-nytt-om/|url-status=dead |language=sv}}</ref>

A major corporate revamp in 2001 saw the channel repositioned as SVT's flagship network to make it the most-watched television station in Sweden - a position previously held by SVT2. As part of the revamp, TV2's popular news programme ''[[Rapport (TV programme)|Rapport]]'' (''Report'') moved to the first network while ''Aktuellt'' moved to the second network.

Alongside ''Rapport'', SVT's main entertainment shows air on the first channel, including ''[[Melodifestivalen]]'', ''[[Så ska det låta]]'' and ''[[På spåret]]'' are broadcast on this channel.

In October 2006, some programs on SVT1 began to be broadcast in HDTV format via the channel SVT HD. In June 2008, SVT HD started broadcasting upscaled programs from SVT1 when there were no HD programs available.

On 25 August 2008, a further change was made. The biggest change, which received a lot of criticism, was that ''[[Bolibompa]]'''s 18:00 (6:00{{nbsp}}pm) broadcast, after more than twenty years on SVT1, as well as more programs from the children's range, were moved to Barnkanalen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article3142335.ab |title=SVT:s nya stil |access-date=25 September 2009 |date=20 August 2008 |publisher=Aftonladet |language=sv }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/article359399/SVT-moblerar-om---det-har-ar-nytt.html |title=SVT möblerar om – det här är nytt |access-date=25 September 2009 |date=21 August 2008 |publisher=Sydsvenskan |language=sv |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524215804/http://sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/article359399/SVT-moblerar-om---det-har-ar-nytt.html |archive-date=24 May 2012 }}</ref> At the same time, regional news moved to SVT1, which made it possible to move SVT2's pre-evening block with news, regional news and Go'kväll to SVT1.<ref>[https://www.svt.se/omoss/media/filer_public/18/f3/18f36e58-642a-4387-86b3-b9ee37c597f0/public_service-redovisning_2008.pdf Sveriges Televisions public service-redovisning 2008], s. 24</ref>

On 7 September 2009, SVT1 became a 24-hour broadcasting channel when the nightly simulcast with SVT24 was replaced by essentially repeats.<ref>{{Cite web | title = SVT dygnet runt| url = http://gd.se/noje/1.1288919| date = 20 August 2009 | publisher = Gefle Dagblad |language=sv}}</ref>

On 17 June 2010, SVT received permission from the government to start broadcasting two HDTV channels in the digital terrestrial network.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SVT och UR får sändningstillstånd för två hd-tv-kanaler|url=http://regeringen.se/sb/d/12622/a/148246|date=17 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918214748/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/12622/a/148246|archive-date=18 September 2010}}</ref> On 20 September 2010, SVT HD was discontinued and replaced by a full-time simulcast of SVT1 in HDTV format. On 1 November, HD broadcasts began in the terrestrial network in several locations.