*Total number of respondents from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and
Finland.
The number of respondents was as follows:
Denmark n= 2,011,
Norway n=2,013,
Sweden n=2.007,
Finland n=2.009
The data for 2018 was previously published by the source.
The share preferred devices to access news in Sweden fluctuated slightly from 2016 to 2019. The most used device throughout the whole period was the smartphone and it was used by ** percent of the respondents in 2019. Under ** percent of the respondents used a laptop that year, compared to ** percent who used it in 2016.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 11, 2019). Devices used for news in Sweden in selected years from 2016 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018797/devices-used-for-news-in-sweden/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Devices used for news in Sweden in selected years from 2016 to 2019." Chart. June 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018797/devices-used-for-news-in-sweden/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2019). Devices used for news in Sweden in selected years from 2016 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018797/devices-used-for-news-in-sweden/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Devices Used for News in Sweden in Selected Years from 2016 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018797/devices-used-for-news-in-sweden/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Devices used for news in Sweden in selected years from 2016 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018797/devices-used-for-news-in-sweden/ (last visited May 09, 2026)
Devices used for news in Sweden in selected years from 2016 to 2019 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 11, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018797/devices-used-for-news-in-sweden/
