SVT’s current Head of Drama Christian Wikander has been promoted to Drama Commissioning Editor. As such he will sit on the public broadcaster’s Board of Programming . 

Wikander fills a position left vacant since the departure of Hanne Palmquist eight-nine months ago. “It is fantastic to have the confidence to continue developing SVT's drama offerings. SVT is a big and important player, both nationally and internationally, said Wikander who first joined SVT in 2005. 

"My main task as Commissioning Editor will be to find the most relevant stories for the Swedish audience. Another burning issue is the proposed change to the Swedish Film Policy which is expected to come into force in 2017. We expect SVT to have an even clearer role and I look forward to helping drive that development.”

Wikander will report to SVT Programme Director Lena Glaser who said: “I am very happy that Christian Wikander is our new Drama Commissioning Editor. He has a long experience in drama development and a broad international network. Moreover, he has the necessary experience to work strategically with everything from rights to distribution and development of new types of content.”