diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 7f00707846..79236c6c13 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -505,7 +505,10 @@
 from .streamcz import StreamCZIE
 from .streetvoice import StreetVoiceIE
 from .sunporno import SunPornoIE
-from .svtplay import SVTPlayIE
+from .svtplay import (
+    SVTIE,
+    SVTPlayIE,
+)
 from .swrmediathek import SWRMediathekIE
 from .syfy import SyfyIE
 from .sztvhu import SztvHuIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/svtplay.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/svtplay.py
index 433dfd1cb0..732f020481 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/svtplay.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/svtplay.py
@@ -9,41 +9,9 @@
 )
 
 
-class SVTPlayIE(InfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'SVT Play and Öppet arkiv'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<host>svtplay|oppetarkiv)\.se/video/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
-    _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'http://www.svtplay.se/video/2609989/sm-veckan/sm-veckan-rally-final-sasong-1-sm-veckan-rally-final',
-        'md5': 'ade3def0643fa1c40587a422f98edfd9',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '2609989',
-            'ext': 'flv',
-            'title': 'SM veckan vinter, Örebro - Rally, final',
-            'duration': 4500,
-            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*[\.-]jpg$',
-            'age_limit': 0,
-        },
-    }, {
-        'url': 'http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1058509/rederiet-sasong-1-avsnitt-1-av-318',
-        'md5': 'c3101a17ce9634f4c1f9800f0746c187',
-        'info_dict': {
-            'id': '1058509',
-            'ext': 'flv',
-            'title': 'Farlig kryssning',
-            'duration': 2566,
-            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*[\.-]jpg$',
-            'age_limit': 0,
-        },
-        'skip': 'Only works from Sweden',
-    }]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        video_id = mobj.group('id')
-        host = mobj.group('host')
-
-        info = self._download_json(
-            'http://www.%s.se/video/%s?output=json' % (host, video_id), video_id)
+class SVTBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    def _extract_video(self, url, video_id):
+        info = self._download_json(url, video_id)
 
         title = info['context']['title']
         thumbnail = info['context'].get('thumbnailImage')
@@ -80,3 +48,63 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'duration': duration,
             'age_limit': age_limit,
         }
+
+
+class SVTIE(SVTBaseIE):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?svt\.se/wd\?(?:.*?&)?widgetId=(?P<widget_id>\d+)&.*?\barticleId=(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.svt.se/wd?widgetId=23991&sectionId=541&articleId=2900353&type=embed&contextSectionId=123&autostart=false',
+        'md5': '9648197555fc1b49e3dc22db4af51d46',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2900353',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'Här trycker Jagr till Giroux (under SVT-intervjun)',
+            'duration': 27,
+            'age_limit': 0,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        widget_id = mobj.group('widget_id')
+        article_id = mobj.group('id')
+        return self._extract_video(
+            'http://www.svt.se/wd?widgetId=%s&articleId=%s&format=json&type=embed&output=json' % (widget_id, article_id),
+            article_id)
+
+
+class SVTPlayIE(SVTBaseIE):
+    IE_DESC = 'SVT Play and Öppet arkiv'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<host>svtplay|oppetarkiv)\.se/video/(?P<id>[0-9]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.svtplay.se/video/2609989/sm-veckan/sm-veckan-rally-final-sasong-1-sm-veckan-rally-final',
+        'md5': 'ade3def0643fa1c40587a422f98edfd9',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '2609989',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'SM veckan vinter, Örebro - Rally, final',
+            'duration': 4500,
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*[\.-]jpg$',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1058509/rederiet-sasong-1-avsnitt-1-av-318',
+        'md5': 'c3101a17ce9634f4c1f9800f0746c187',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1058509',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'Farlig kryssning',
+            'duration': 2566,
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*[\.-]jpg$',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+        },
+        'skip': 'Only works from Sweden',
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        host = mobj.group('host')
+        return self._extract_video(
+            'http://www.%s.se/video/%s?output=json' % (host, video_id),
+            video_id)