Xref: utzoo rec.radio.noncomm:440 rec.radio.shortwave:6264 soc.culture.nordic:5754 sci.electronics:18478
Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!hpa
From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Peter Anvin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.nordic,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Swedish government source of LPFM transmitters?
Keywords: Low power, FM, broadcasting, community radio
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.023145.20495@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 02:31:45 GMT
References: <23560@well.sf.ca.us> <2367@kielo.uta.fi>
Followup-To: soc.culture.nordic
Organization: Northwestern University
Lines: 27

In article <2367@kielo.uta.fi> tijoma@kielo.uta.fi (Jorma M{ntyl{) writes:
>Televerket is the
>Swedish post&tele authority which owns all radio&tv-transmitters in Sweden,
>including the state-owned Swedish radio & tv as well as these small community
>stations.  

Ummm.... Televerket ("Swedish Telecom" which is their official English
name) is **not** the same as most countries' PTT, that is Post, Telephone
and Telegraph.

Televerket only handles telecommunication, I guess Americans could call it
ST&T if they wanted (Swedish Telephone & Telegraph :-) ).

Postal services is handled by Postverket (Swedish Mail).

Interesting note:  the symbol for Postverket is a postal horn with a crown
above, the one for Televerket a star with lightning bolts coming from it,
and a crown above.  Historically, these entities were called "Kungliga
Postverket" and "Kungliga Telegrafverket" (Royal Mail and Royal Telegraph).
The Socialist government of Sweden later removed the "Kungliga" from the
name of most Swedish government institutions.

       /Peter
-- 
hpa = H. Peter Anvin (in case you wondered) * Heja Sverige!
INTERNET:   hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu   FIDONET:  1:115/989.4
HAM RADIO:  N9ITP, SM4TKN             RBBSNET:  8:970/101.4