Nickelodeon (Sweden)
Swedish children's television channel
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Nickelodeon was a Swedish pay television channel broadcasting in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway, the channel’s headquarters was based in the United States.
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| Country | Sweden Finland Denmark Norway |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Sweden Finland Denmark Norway |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Swedish Finnish Danish Norwegian |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
| Parent | Nickelodeon Group |
| History | |
| Launched | 1996 (as Nickelodeon Scandinavia) 18 June 2008 (as Nickelodeon Sweden) |
| Replaced | Nickelodeon Scandinavia |
| Closed | 2021 (as Nickelodeon Sweden as an independent feed) 5 February 2026 (as Nickelodeon Scandinavia) |
| Replaced by | Nickelodeon Global Unlimited |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer | Channel 30 |
Nickelodeon was the most popular commercial children's television channel in Sweden. SVTB was by far the most popular non-commercial channel.
History
Nickelodeon had been available in Sweden since 1996 when a pan-Scandinavian version was launched on the analogue Viasat platform. Since 2001, it had been broadcasting in the digital terrestrial television network. This pan-Scandinavian channel used to broadcast between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. since it started sharing a transponder with TV6 Nature/Action World in the late 1990s. In March 2008, Nickelodeon received a license to broadcast between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. on the terrestrial network.[1]
On 18 June 2008 the dedicated Swedish version of Nickelodeon was launched with a separate schedule.[2] The new channel broadcast between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. on most digital pay television platforms.[3] Unlike the Pan-Scandinavian channel, which was broadcast from the UK, the Swedish version was broadcast from the Netherlands.[4]
Since September 2013, Nickelodeon Sweden started to use the new Idents from Nickelodeon USA and Nickelodeon UK & Ireland.
The channel used to share frequency space with Comedy Central Sweden since the launch of the latter in January 2009. The two channels got separate channel slots in November 2013. This allowed Nickelodeon Sweden to start broadcasting between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on most providers from 15 November.[5]
Another hour was added to the broadcast day on 1 October 2015. After that, the channel would broadcast between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.[6][7]
On 5 February 2026, Nickelodeon in Sweden and Scandinavia transitioned into Nickelodeon Global Unlimited, having the same signal as Central Europe.[8]
Shows
The schedule started with a Nick Jr strand for younger children with series such as Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans and Paw Patrol. The channel also included music video strands called "Nick Hits". Cartoons for younger children were dubbed into Swedish. Non-cartoon series aimed an older audience used to be broadcast in live-action programming were English with Swedish subtitles, but they were broadcast with Swedish dubbing.
The Nicktoon The Fairly OddParents was broadcast on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
Notes
- The logo's wordmark has been in use since 2010. Additionally, there is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.