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Aktuellt
Aktuellt (literally "current; topical" or "actual") is a Swedish nightly news programme produced by Sveriges Television (SVT) and broadcast on its second channel, SVT2 in Sweden.
First broadcast on 2 September 1958, "Aktuellt". With the start of TV 2 (forerunner of SVT2) in 1969, the "Aktuellt" brand disappeared but was revived in 1972 when TV1 began airing two main bulletins at 6pm and 9pm. The 6pm bulletin was moved to SVT2 in 1997
on 5 December 1969, the same day as the start of operations of TV2, making it one the largest television studios in Europe at that time.
1970 saw the start of the first regional programme, "Sydnytt" from Malmö. More regional news programmes launched in 1972 and the entire country was covered by regional news programmes by 1987 when "ABC" from Stockholm started.
When TV2 started the news programmes were reorganized. "Aktuellt" was cut and replaced with "TV-nytt", which was in