Disney Junior (Scandinavia)

This article is about Disney Junior in Scandinavia. For the original, American version, see Disney Jr. For other international versions, see Disney Jr. (international).

Disney Junior was a Scandinavian television block owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Limited;^[1] targeted for preschoolers targeting the Nordic countries.

Disney Junior

Logo used from 2011 to 2024
Broadcast area	Nordic countries
Programming
Language(s)	English Danish Finnish Norwegian Russian (2012-2023) Swedish
Picture format	SDTV 576i
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company Limited Disney Branded Television (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels	Disney Channel
History
Launched	2006; 19 years ago (2006) (channel) 2024; 1 year ago (2024) (block on Disney Channel
Closed	1 March 2024; 13 months ago (2024-03-01) (Denmark, channel) 1 April 2024; 12 months ago (2024-04-01) (channel)
Former names	Playhouse Disney (2006-2011)

History

It was launched in 2006 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite platforms. Cable networks launched it later on. Com Hem, the largest cable network in Sweden, launched it on 2 April 2007. Before 10 September 2011, this channel was called Playhouse Disney; the last show as Playhouse Disney was Special Agent Oso at 6:30 PM.^{[citation needed]}

On 19 January 2024, The Walt Disney Company Nordic announced that Disney Junior in Denmark would be closed on 1 March 2024 and its content would be moved to Disney Channel;^[2] while in February 2024, the company announced that Disney Junior would be shut down and merged with Disney Channel, at the same time to relaunch a new version of the main channel on 1 April 2024 and would also include a Disney Junior branded block during mornings and at weekends.^[3][4]