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SVT HD
Launched	October 20, 2007
Owned by	Sveriges Television
Country	Sweden
Availability
Satellite
Canal Digital
Cable
Com Hem

SVT HD is a Swedish high-definition television channel from from Sveriges Television. The channel broadcasts high-definition simulcasts of programmes from the other SVT channels if a HD version is available.

The channel has its origins in a channel called HD-kanalen were SVT and TV4 AB jointly broadcast the 2006 FIFA World Cup. This channel was transmitted by satellite from Canal Digital and from a few terrestrial transmitters. When the World Cup ended, the terrestrial frequencies were shut down. HD-kanalen did however continue on satellite, mostly broadcasting test films and promos from SVT HD and an experimental simulcast of The Marriage of Figaro in August.

In October 2006, HD-kanalen became SVT HD and started simulcasting programmes from the other SVT channels. The first programme was the feature film Lost in Translation broadcast on October 20, follwed the next by SVT's 50th anniversary show Välkommen på 50-årsfest which was the first live programme produced by SVT that was broadcast in high-definition.

The first autumn in service SVT HD did broadcast the Swedish dramas En uppstoppad hund, Mästerverket, Snapphanar and AK3 and the movies Girl with a Pearl Earring, 21 Grams and House of Sand and Fog. The first children's programme was the Christmas calendar LasseMajas Detektivbyrå, the first current affairs programme was Böglobbyn and the first documentary was the environmental documentary Planeten. The first live sports broadcast on SVT HD (not including the 2006 World Cup) will be the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007.

Initially the channel was only available on satellite from Canal Digital, but on December 12, 2006 the cable network Com Hem launched its high-definition service consisting of four channels, of which SVT HD was one of them.