diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/svt.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/svt.py
index e12389cad..35b969f25 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/svt.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/svt.py
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ class SVTPlayIE(SVTPlayBaseIE):
                 return info_dict
 
         svt_id = self._search_regex(
-            r'<video[^>]+data-video-id=["\']([\da-zA-Z-]+)',
+            (r'<video[^>]+data-video-id=["\']([\da-zA-Z-]+)',
+             r'"content":\{"id":"([\da-zA-Z-]+)'),
             webpage, 'video id')
 
         return self._extract_by_video_id(svt_id, webpage)