This article lists the artists that have participated in Melodifestivalen five times or more, and their victories where applicable.
The person with the most Melodifestivalen entries is songwriter Thomas G:son, who has entered 61 songs between 1999 and 2020. Behind G:son is Bobby Ljunggren with 50 entries, and further back are Ingela "Pling" Forsman (39 songs), Henrik Wikström (34 songs) and Fredrik Kempe with 33 entries. [1]
Bobby Ljunggren and Lasse Holm have the most Melodifestivalen wins, with five each. [1] Åke Gerhard, Fredrik Kempe and Thomas G:son have a total of four victories. Carola Häggkvist, Ingela "Pling" Forsman and Marie Bergman have had three wins each. The person with the most appearances without a victory is Ann-Louise Hanson who entered unsuccessfully thirteen times between 1963 and 2020. [1]
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Shirley Natasja Clamp is a British-Swedish pop singer. She has achieved four Top 10 singles in Sweden including a Number 1 with "Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus" in 2009, and three Top 10 albums. She has competed seven times in Melodifestivalen between 2003 and 2022, reaching the final twice where she finished second in 2004 and fourth in 2005.
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Bobby Ljunggren is a Swedish songwriter. He has entered the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer six times, five times for his native Sweden, and once for Lithuania, in 2005. He is a veteran of the Melodifestivalen competition, with 50 entries, reaching the milestone of half a century of entries at Melodifestivalen 2020. In Melodifestivalen 2008, he co-wrote both the winning song and the songs placing second and third.
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"Kärleken är" is a Swedish-language ballad about love. It was written by Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist, and sung by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998, where it won, gaining the right to compete for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. It finished 10th with 53 points. It was the last Swedish entry in the contest to be sung in Swedish.
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"Om igen", written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman and Bobby Ljunggren, is a ballad in Swedish, performed by Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1988. "Om igen" finished second.
Fredrik Kempe is a Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer, who was born in Vårgårda. He has participated in Swedish versions of the musicals Les Misérables and Chess. In 2002, Kempe had a hit with Vincerò, where he mixed opera and Euro disco. He was a jury member in Idol 2016 which was broadcast on TV4.
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Jag saknar dig ibland is a song written by Bobby Ljunggren and Henrik Wikström, and with lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and originally performed by Ainbusk at Melodifestivalen 2008, where it ended up 6th in the semifinal in Linköping on 23 February 2008. The single peaked at 36th position at the Swedish singles chart.
"Ett liv med dej" is a power ballad written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist, and performed by Towe Jaarnek at Melodifestivalen 1991, where it finished second.
Etymon is a song written by Bobby Ljunggren, Ingela Forsman and Henrik Wikström, and performed by Sonja Aldén, using the stage name "Sonya", during the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006. The song ended up 5th during the competition in Karlstad on 25 February 2006, and was also released as a single the same year. However, the song failed to enter Svensktoppen. At the Swedish singles chart, the song peaked at number 35. Spanish artist Rosa recorded the song as Etymon es el rey with lyrics fully in Spanish for her 2006 album Me siento viva.
"En droppe regn" is a song written by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Henrik Wikström, and performed by Niclas Wahlgren at Melodifestivalen 2006, where it went further to Andra chansen before getting knocked out.
"Ingenmansland" is a song written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman and Bobby Ljunggren. It was released in 2001 on Lionheart International.
"Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus" is a song written by Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström and Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by Shirley Clamp at Melodifestivalen 2009, where the song participated in the first semifinal inside Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 7 February 2009, getting knocked out of contest. The song was also released as a single.
"Så vill stjärnorna" is a song written by Bobby Ljunggren, Marcos Ubeda and Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by Molly Sandén at Melodifestivalen 2009. The song participated in the third semifinal inside the Ejendals Arena in Leksand on 21 February 2009, from where it made it to the finals, where it ended up 11th.