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1,879 journalists in Sweden (September 2026)

1,879 journalists are on file in Sweden, 1.5% of the 127,602 on file. 1,593 are reporters and 195 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

1,879 Journalists on file
1,593 Reporters
195 Editors
0.12 Editors per reporter

Sweden has 0.12 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Sweden
Reporters 1,593 84.8%
Editors 195 10.4%
Correspondents 26 1.4%
Anchors and presenters 25 1.3%
Other editorial 20 1.1%
Columnists 10 0.5%
Critics and reviewers 8 0.4%
News producers 2 0.1%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

151 of the 1,879 journalists on file in Sweden carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 31 20.5%
Foreign affairs 22 14.6%
Investigative 13 8.6%
Technology 10 6.6%
Entertainment 10 6.6%
Science 9 6.0%
Business 8 5.3%
AI 7 4.6%
Finance and markets 6 4.0%
Culture and arts 6 4.0%
Food 5 3.3%
Politics 4 2.6%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Sweden

OutletTypeJournalists in SwedenAll journalists on file
Sveriges Radio Broadcasters 718 764
SVT Broadcasters 453 486
Aftonbladet Newspapers 170 176
Expressen Newspapers 129 131
Göteborgs-Posten Newspapers 83 86
Dagens Industri Newspapers 72 75
TT Nyhetsbyrån Wire agencies 72 80
Svenska Dagbladet Newspapers 70 80
Borås Tidning Newspapers 12 12
Viaplay Group Broadcasters 9 53
Bloomberg Online outlets 8 1,785
Newsner Newspapers 6 14
The Local Europe Newspapers 6 15
BBC Broadcasters 5 3,935
NE Online outlets 5 7
Discovery Inc Broadcasters 5 192
HBO Broadcasters 4 123
Biostock - Connecting Innovation and Capital Online outlets 2 2
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 2 1,535
The Epoch Times Newspapers 2 225

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Sweden, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 1,879 journalists in Sweden, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/sweden/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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