Editing Television licence (section)

=== Sweden ===
{{Main|Television licensing in Sweden}}
On 1 January 2019, the television licence ({{langx|sv| TV-avgift}}, literally ''TV fee'') in Sweden was scrapped and replaced by a "general public service fee" ({{langx|sv|allmän public service-avgift}}), which is a flat income-based public broadcasting tax of 1 per cent, capped at {{currency|1300|SEK|first=yes}} (approximately {{currency|145|USD}} or {{currency|126|EUR}}) per person per year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Radio-and-TV-fee/the-radio-and-tv-fee-is-being-replaced/|title=The radio and TV fee is being replaced|work=Radiotjänst|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001235/https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Radio-and-TV-fee/the-radio-and-tv-fee-is-being-replaced/|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fee is administered by the [[Swedish Tax Agency]] ({{langx|sv|Skatteverket}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://skatteverket.se/privat/skatter/arbeteochinkomst/skattetabeller/publicserviceavgift.4.22501d9e166a8cb399f31dd.html|title=Public service-avgift {{!}} Skatteverket|last=Skatteverket|website=skatteverket.se|language=sv|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> on behalf of the country's three public broadcasters [[Sveriges Television]] (SVT), [[Sveriges Radio]] (SR) and [[Sveriges Utbildningsradio]] (UR). The fee pays for 5 television channels, 45 radio channels, and online television and radio.

Previously the television licence was a household-based flat fee. Originally it was referred as the "television licence" ({{langx|sv|TV-licens}}), but in the 2000s was renamed "television fee". It was last charged in 2018 at {{currency|2400|SEK}} per annum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Radio-and-TV-fee/|title=Radio and TV fee|work=Radiotjänst|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121192653/https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Radio-and-TV-fee/|archive-date=21 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was payable in monthly, bimonthly, quarterly or annual instalments,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Payment/|title=Payment|work=Radiotjänst|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707173316/https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Payment/|archive-date=7 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> to the agency [[Radiotjänst i Kiruna]], which was jointly owned by SVT, SR and UR. The fee was collected by every household or company containing a television set, and possession of such a device had to be reported to Radiotjänst by law. One fee was collected per household regardless of the number of television sets in the home or at other locations owned by the household, such as summer houses. Although the fee also paid for radio broadcasting, there was no specific fee for radios since the radio licence was abolished in 1978.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Radio-and-TV-fee/The-history-behind-the-fee/|title=The history of the Swedish license fee|work=Radiotjänst|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000955/https://www.radiotjanst.se/en/Radio-and-TV-fee/The-history-behind-the-fee/|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Television licence evasion was suspected to be around 11 to 15 per cent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/medier/sa-ska-public-service-finansieras-i-framtiden|title=Så ska public service finansieras i framtiden|last=Nyheter|first=SVT|date=16 October 2017|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=15 November 2018|language=sv}}</ref>