Axess TV is a Swedish television channel belonging to the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. It is mainly devoted to cultural and science programmes.
The Ax:son Johnson Foundation applied for a license to broadcast in the Swedish digital terrestrial television network in the autumn of 2005. The channel was awarded a license to broadcast free-to-air in the Weekends in February 2006.
Trial broadcasts started on May 27th 2006. The first weekend contained the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites

Dialogues of the Carmelites

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, the British sitcom Yes Minister

Yes Minister

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, a discussion programme and a documentary.
The channel had a full launch on September 23rd 2006.
From February 1, 2010, Axess is no longer free-to-air, but is available as part of a pay-channel package from Boxer. It has also changed compression to MPEG-4.