Search Swedish TV and radio broadcasts, computer games, music and films.

Svensk mediedatabas (the Swedish Media Database, SMDB) is the National Library's search service for Swedish radio, television, music, film, video, computer games and interactive media.

Anyone can search the SMDB from anywhere. However, to view and listen to broadcast and published material that is available digitally, you need to visit KB in Humlegården in Stockholm. You also need a library card at KB to access the collections on site.
In some cases, you need to have a user account in the SMDB. Apply for an account if you need to access unreleased recordings and private recordings or if you need to order material such as interlibrary loan. The requirements for such an account are that you have a specific research assignment and that others can access and benefit from the result of your research.

How to use the Swedish Media Database (SMDB)

You can search freely without being logged in. After a search, you can filter the hits by media type: TV, radio, phonograms/records, phonograms (older), film/video, multimedia or text.

In most cases, it is sufficient to perform a free text search and narrow it down. But if you want to do more advanced searches, please read our search tips on the SMDB website. External link.

You will also see a chart showing the years where there are hits for your search. Click on the chart to limit your search to a specific year.

Under the Utökad sökning (Advanced search) button, you can specify your search even further. There you can search in several fields at once, for example title, year and media type.

In most cases, it is sufficient to perform a free text search and narrow it down. But if you want to do more advanced searches, please read our search tips on the SMDB website. External link.