ABC (Swedish TV programme)

Television news series (1987–2015)

ABC was a Swedish regional news programme. It was Sveriges Television's (SVT's) regional news service for Stockholm County and Uppsala County between 1987 and 2015.

The name came from the county letters for Stockholm (AB) and Uppsala (C). The programme was broadcast from the SVT news studio in Stockholm and had a local office in Uppsala.

## History

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SVT had been airing regional news since the start of Sydnytt in 1970 and had slowly opened up new regional news services for different parts of the country. ABC started in 1987, making Stockholm and Uppsala the last counties in Sweden to receive regional television news.[1]

The first edition aired on 31 August 1987 and was hosted by Bengt Magnusson.[2]

A dedicated edition of the programme for Uppsala County called SVT Uppland was launched on 25 February 2008.[3] SVT Uppland only replaced the main edition at 19:15, other editions were still shared between both counties.[4]

The programme was last broadcast on 10 April 2015. It was replaced by three regional news programmes: SVT Nyheter Stockholm, SVT Nyheter Uppsala and SVT Nyheter Södertälje.[5]

## See also

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* Journalism portal
* Sweden portal
* Television portal

* Journalism in Sweden
* List of Swedish television series

## References

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1. ^ "Pohlman väderexpert i ABC". Svenska Dagbladet. 25 August 1987.
2. ^ "Dina lokala nyheter firar 30 år i dag". SVT Nyheter Stockholm. 31 August 2017.
3. ^ "SVT inviger Uppsalabevakning". Upsala Nya Tidning. 25 February 2008.
4. ^ "Nu startar ABC:s Uppsalaversion". ABC. 19 February 2008.
5. ^ "ABC går i graven". SVT Nyheter Stockholm. 10 April 2015.