How the webcast service works
You can watch webcasts from the Riksdag live and on-demand on your computer. You can also watch the webcasts on most mobile phones and tablets.
Technical requirements
Technical requirements for watching webcasts on your computer
In order to watch webcasts on your computer, JavaScript needs to be enabled on your browser. JavaScript is normally enabled, but if it has been disabled, you will need to enable it. Use the browser's help section to find the settings.
Technical requirements for watching webcasts on your mobile or tablet
The Riksdag's webcast service works on most modern mobiles and tablets. However, this can vary depending on the operating system and browser version you are using.
The following is broadcast on the Riksdag website
All debates in the Chamber are broadcast via the webcast service. These include debates and decisions on proposals, interpellation debates, question-and-answer sessions, debates between party leaders, information from the Government, current affairs debates and foreign policy debates. The ceremony for the opening of the Riksdag session and elections in the Chamber are also broadcast.
In addition, public hearings from the parliamentary committees and the Committee on EU Affairs are broadcast. The most common examples are public hearings, public seminars, hearings in the Committee on the Constitution and consultations in the Committee on EU Affairs with the Prime Minister ahead of meetings of the European Council.
Furthermore, certain press conferences and other events such as the Youth Parliament and Open Day are broadcast.
Live webcasts
If one or more live webcasts are taking place, links are available at the top of the home page under the main menu.
Live webcasts are also available via the webcasts section.
The Riksdag public video archive
You can find the most recent videos in the webcast section. Using the search function, you can access the entire archives and search for something of interest.
Webcasts
When do webcasts become available in the public video archives?
As soon as a live webcasts finishes, the video becomes available to view on-demand on the Riksdag website. After around an hour, a new version is published which is available to download.
Why does it take time to access certain videos on my browser?
Some older webcasts that are available to video-on-demand can currently be perceived as being slow to play on your browser. This is because older webcasts are not readily available to watch. It therefore takes a while to prepare them.
From which years can you find videos in the public video archives?
The following years are available in the webcast archives:
- From 2011 onwards: virtually all material that has been broadcast live
- 2007–2011: approximately 90 per cent of the material that has been broadcast live
- 2006: approximately half of all material that has been broadcast live
- 2001–2005: a handful of webcasts
Is a webcast missing?
Report missing webcasts to the Riksdag Information Service:
- Telephone: 020-349 000 (national calls only)
- Email: riksdagsinformation@riksdagen.se
Watch, listen to and read about a debate at the same time
In addition to watching a debate, you can also read the record on-demand whilst the debate continues. You will find the full record, in which everything from the debate is written down below the player on the debate's webpage under the Webcasts section. It can take anything between a few hours up to 24 hours for the record to appear after a debate. This applies to all debates and meetings in the Chamber.
In addition to selecting who you wish to listen to, you can also read what they have said, at the same time as the webcast is playing. You will find the record from the debate directly below the player. The player will then continue to play the debate, but it will appear in a mini-player at the top of the page whilst you browse the record.
Order older recordings
All sound recordings of debates in the Riksdag dating back to 1966 have been digitally remastered and are available to order. Sound and image recordings are available from 1991 onwards.
Contact the Riksdag Information Service to place an order:
- Telephone: 020 349 000 (national calls only)
- Email: riksdagsinformation@riksdagen.se
Share, embed and download videos
You can share videos on social media, by email or through other channels. The whole or part of a webcast can also be embedded on a website or in a blog. You can also download videos on your computer.
Forward broadcast
Media can broadcast debates from the Chamber of the Riksdag live or public committee hearings by streaming sound and images from the Teracom Kaknäs tower.