Swedish Rhapsody (numbers station)

Swedish Rhapsody
Broadcast areaPoland
FrequencySeveral shortwave frequencies between 5.733 and 11.525 MHz
Programming
LanguageGerman, English
FormatNumbers station
Ownership
OwnerSłużba Bezpieczeństwa
Urząd Ochrony Państwa
Agencja Wywiadu
History
First air date
1950s or 1960s
Last air date
9 April 1998

Swedish Rhapsody was a Polish numbers station, operated by the Ministry of Public Security (later Office of State Protection and Foreign Intelligence Agency) that used AM broadcasting and operated between the late 1950s and 1998. It was used to send coded messages to intelligence agents in the Western Bloc. It is notable for its use of what was once believed to be the voice of a young girl speaking in German, only revealed to be that of a special machine used by the East German State Security Service known as the "Sprach-Morse-Generator".