Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT; 1980–present)
Former members
Participation summary
Appearances62 (61 finals)
First appearance 1958
Highest placement1st: 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023
Host 1975, 1985, 1992, 2000, 2013, 2016, 2024
Participation history
Related articles
Melodifestivalen
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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then (1964, 1970 and 1976). Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden has hosted the contest seven times: three times in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), three times in Malmö (1992, 2013, 2024) and once in Gothenburg (1985).

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Sweden, along with Ireland, is the most successful country in the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of seven victories. Sweden also has the most top five results of the 21st century, with 13; in total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966, Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with ABBA (1974), Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Charlotte Nilsson (1999), Loreen (2012 and 2023) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015).

Contest history

Swedish winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, from left to right: Richard and Per Herrey of Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Mans Zelmerlow (2015), Loreen (2012 and 2023) and Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA (1974) Swedish Eurovision winner-2.jpg
Swedish winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, from left to right: Richard and Per Herrey of Herreys (1984), Carola (1991), Måns Zelmerlöw (2015), Loreen (2012 and 2023) and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA (1974)

Sweden's first entrant in the contest was Alice Babs in 1958, who was placed fourth. This remained the country's best result until 1966, when Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson were second. [1]

Sweden's first Eurovision victory was in 1974 with the song "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. Thanks to their victory in Brighton, ABBA went on to gain worldwide success and become one of the best-selling pop groups of all time. In the 1980s, Sweden achieved three successive top three results. After Carola finished third in 1983, the Herreys gave Sweden its second victory in 1984 with "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley". Kikki Danielsson then finished third in 1985. Carola returned to the contest in 1991, eventually giving Sweden its third win with "Fångad av en stormvind", defeating France in a tie-break. Charlotte Nilsson gave the country a second win of the decade in 1999, with "Take Me to Your Heaven". The 1990s also saw two third-place results, for Jan Johansen in 1995 and One More Time in 1996. In the 2000s, the best Swedish result was fifth place, which it achieved four times, with Friends in 2001, Fame in 2003, Lena Philipsson in 2004 and Carola, who in 2006, became the only Swedish performer to achieve three top five results. Together with Croatia and Malta, Sweden was one of only three countries to have never been relegated under the pre-2004 rules of the contest.

With the exception of 2006, Sweden endured a poor run of results between 2005 and 2009, placing no higher than 18th. The nadir came in 2010, when Anna Bergendahl became the first Swedish entrant to fail to qualify for the final, finishing 11th in the semi-final, only five points from qualification (in 2008, Charlotte Perrelli finished 12th in the semi-final but qualified through the back-up jury selection). Since then, the country has been very successful, finishing in the top seven in all subsequent editions except two (14th place in 2013 and 2021). This includes a fifth victory courtesy of Loreen's "Euphoria" in 2012, a sixth victory courtesy of Måns Zelmerlöw's "Heroes" in 2015, and a seventh victory courtesy of Loreen's "Tattoo" in 2023. With her 2023 win, Loreen also became the second performer as well as the first female artist to win the contest more than once. Additional top-five placements during this period are third places in 2011 and 2014, a fourth place in 2022, and fifth places in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It has chosen the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest since 1959. It is one of Sweden's most popular television shows, and it has been estimated that more than four million Swedes watch the show annually. All of Sweden's entries for Eurovision have been selected through Melodifestivalen, with the exception of its first entry in 1958, which was internally selected by SR. [lower-alpha 1]

Participation overview

Table key
1First place
2Second place
3Third place
◁Last place
XEntry selected but did not compete
†Upcoming event
YearArtistSong [2] LanguageFinalPointsSemiPoints
1958 Alice Babs " Lilla stjärna " Swedish 410No semi-finals
1959 Brita Borg "Augustin"Swedish94
1960 Siw Malmkvist " Alla andra får varann "Swedish104
1961 Lill-Babs " April, april "Swedish142
1962 Inger Berggren " Sol och vår "Swedish74
1963 Monica Zetterlund " En gång i Stockholm "Swedish13 ◁0
1965 Ingvar Wixell "Absent Friend"English106
1966 Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson " Nygammal vals "Swedish216
1967 Östen Warnerbring " Som en dröm "Swedish87
1968 Claes-Göran Hederström " Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig "Swedish515
1969 Tommy Körberg " Judy, min vän "Swedish98
1971 Family Four " Vita vidder "Swedish685
1972 Family Four" Härliga sommardag "Swedish1375
1973 The Nova "You're Summer"English594
1974 ABBA "Waterloo"English124
1975 Lars Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie"English872
1977 Forbes "Beatles"Swedish18 ◁2
1978 Björn Skifs " Det blir alltid värre framåt natten "Swedish1426
1979 Ted Gärdestad " Satellit "Swedish178
1980 Tomas Ledin " Just nu "Swedish1047
1981 Björn Skifs" Fångad i en dröm "Swedish1050
1982 Chips " Dag efter dag "Swedish867
1983 Carola Häggkvist " Främling "Swedish3126
1984 Herreys "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"Swedish1145
1985 Kikki Danielsson " Bra vibrationer "Swedish3103
1986 Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell " E' de' det här du kallar kärlek "Swedish578
1987 Lotta Engberg "Boogaloo"Swedish1250
1988 Tommy Körberg" Stad i ljus "Swedish1252
1989 Tommy Nilsson " En dag "Swedish4110
1990 Edin-Ådahl " Som en vind "Swedish1624
1991 Carola" Fångad av en stormvind "Swedish1146
1992 Christer Björkman " I morgon är en annan dag "Swedish229
1993 Arvingarna "Eloise"Swedish789 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare " Stjärnorna "Swedish1348No semi-finals
1995 Jan Johansen " Se på mej "Swedish3100
1996 One More Time " Den vilda "Swedish31001227
1997 Blond " Bara hon älskar mig "Swedish1436No semi-finals
1998 Jill Johnson " Kärleken är "Swedish1053
1999 Charlotte Nilsson "Take Me to Your Heaven"English1163
2000 Roger Pontare"When Spirits Are Calling My Name"English788
2001 Friends "Listen to Your Heartbeat"English5100
2002 Afro-dite "Never Let It Go"English872
2003 Fame "Give Me Your Love"English5107
2004 Lena Philipsson "It Hurts"English5170Top 11 in 2003 contest [lower-alpha 2]
2005 Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas"English1930Top 12 in 2004 final [lower-alpha 2]
2006 Carola"Invincible"English51704214
2007 The Ark "The Worrying Kind"English1851Top 10 in 2006 final [lower-alpha 2]
2008 Charlotte Perrelli "Hero"English184712 [lower-alpha 3] 54
2009 Malena Ernman " La Voix "English, French 21334105
2010 Anna Bergendahl "This Is My Life"EnglishFailed to qualify1162
2011 Eric Saade "Popular"English31851155
2012 Loreen "Euphoria"English13721181
2013 Robin Stjernberg "You"English1462Host country
2014 Sanna Nielsen "Undo"English32182131
2015 Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes"English13651217
2016 Frans "If I Were Sorry"English5261Host country
2017 Robin Bengtsson "I Can't Go On"English53443227
2018 Benjamin Ingrosso "Dance You Off"English72742254
2019 John Lundvik "Too Late for Love"English53343238
2020 The Mamas "Move"EnglishContest cancelled [lower-alpha 4] X
2021 Tusse "Voices"English141097142
2022 Cornelia Jakobs "Hold Me Closer"English44381396
2023 Loreen"Tattoo"English15832135
2024 Marcus & Martinus "Unforgettable"English9174Host country

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

ArtistSongLanguageAt CongratulationsAt Eurovision
FinalPointsSemiPointsYearPlacePoints
ABBA "Waterloo"English13291331 1974 124

Hostings

YearLocationVenueExecutive producerDirectorMusical directorPresenter(s)Ref.
1975 Stockholm Stockholmsmässan Roland Eiworth  [ sv ] Bo Billtén  [ sv ] Mats Olsson Karin Falck [3]
1985 Gothenburg Scandinavium Steen Priwin  [ sv ] Curt-Eric Holmquist Lill Lindfors [4]
1992 Malmö Malmö Isstadion Ingvar Ernblad  [ sv ] Kåge Gimtell  [ sv ] Anders Berglund Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger [5]
2000 Stockholm Globe Arena Svante Stockselius Mattias Bratten— Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin [6]
2013 Malmö Malmö Arena Martin Österdahl Daniel Jelinek  [ sv ], Robin Hofwander and Sven Stojanović Petra Mede [7]
2016 StockholmGlobe ArenaJohan Bernhagen and Martin ÖsterdahlDaniel Jelinek and Robin HofwanderPetra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw [8]
2024 MalmöMalmö ArenaEbba Adielsson and Christel Tholse Willers  [ sv ]Robin Hofwander, Daniel Jelinek and Fredrik BäcklundPetra Mede and Malin Åkerman [9]

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

YearCategoryPerformerSongComposer(s)
lyrics (l) / music (m)		Final
result		PointsHost cityRef.
2002 Artistic Award [lower-alpha 5] Afro-dite "Never Let It Go"Marcos Ubeda872 Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn
2006 Artistic Award [lower-alpha 5] Carola "Invincible" Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Carola5170 Flag of Greece.svg Athens
2012 Artistic Award [lower-alpha 6] Loreen "Euphoria" Thomas G:son, Peter Boström 1372 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku
Composer Award
2013 Composer Award Robin Stjernberg "You"Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas1462 Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö
2015 Artistic Award [lower-alpha 6] Måns Zelmerlöw "Heroes" Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb1365 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna
2022 Composer Award Cornelia Jakobs "Hold Me Closer"Cornelia Jakobsdotter, Isa Molin, David Zandén4438 Flag of Italy.svg Turin
2023 Artistic Award [lower-alpha 6] Loreen"Tattoo" Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Lorine Talhaoui, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son1583 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liverpool
Press Award

Winners by OGAE members

YearSongPerformerFinal
result		PointsHost cityRef.
2008 "Hero" Charlotte Perrelli 1847 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Belgrade
2012 "Euphoria" Loreen 1372 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku
2014 "Undo" Sanna Nielsen 3218 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen
2022 "Hold Me Closer" Cornelia Jakobs 4438 Flag of Italy.svg Turin
2023 "Tattoo"Loreen1583 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liverpool

Conductors

YearEurovision conductor [lower-alpha 7] Melodifestivalen conductorNotesRef.
1958 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dolf van der Linden No national final heldHost conductor [18]
1959 Flag of France.svg Franck Pourcel Thore Ehrling Host conductor
1960 Thore Ehrling
1961 William Lind  [ sv ]
1962 Egon Kjerrman
1963 William Lind
1965
1966 Gert-Ove Andersson
1967 Mats Olsson
1968
1969 Lars Samuelson
1971 Claes Rosendahl [19]
1972 Mats Olsson
1973 Monica Dominique
1974 Sven-Olof Walldoff
1975 Lars Samuelson
1977 Anders Berglund
1978 Bengt Palmers
1979 Lars Samuelson
1980 Anders Berglund [20]
1981
1982
1983 Anders Ekdahl
1984 Curt-Eric Holmquist
1985 Curt-Eric Holmquist— [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 9]
1986 Anders BerglundN/A [lower-alpha 10]
1987 Curt-Eric Holmquist
1988 Anders Berglund
1989
1990 Curt-Eric Holmquist
1991 Anders Berglund
1992 Anders Berglund [lower-alpha 11]
1993 Curt-Eric Holmquist
1994 Anders Berglund
1995
1996
1997 Curt-Eric Holmquist
1998 Anders Berglund
1999 No orchestraAnders Berglund
2000 Curt-Eric Holmquist

Heads of delegation

YearHead of delegationRef.
2013 Rennie Mirro
2015 Christer Björkman
2016 Mari Ryberger
2018 Christer Björkman
2021 Lotta Furebäck

Commentators and spokespersons

Over the years SVT commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Jacob Dahlin, Ulf Elfving, Harald Treutiger, Pekka Heino, Kristian Luuk and Fredrik Belfrage. Since 2009 (with the exceptions of 2013 and 2016), Edward af Sillén provided the SVT commentary alongside various dual commentators.

YearTelevision commentatorRadio commentatorSpokespersonRef.
1957 Nils LinnmanNo radio broadcastDid not participate
1958 Jan GabrielssonSame as television broadcast Tage Danielsson
1959 Roland Eiworth
1960 Tage Danielsson
1961 Roland Eiworth
1962 Tage Danielsson
1963 Jörgen CederbergEdvard Matz
1964 Sven Lindahl Did not participate
1965 Berndt FribergEdvard Matz
1966 Sven Lindahl
1967 Christina Hansegård
1968
1969
1970 No television broadcastNo radio broadcastDid not participate
1971 Åke StrömmerUrsula RichterNo spokesperson
1972 Bo Billtén Björn Bjelfvenstam
1973 Alicia LundbergUrsula Richter
1974 Johan SandströmSven Lindahl
1975 Åke Strömmer
1976 No television broadcastDid not participate
1977 Ulf Elfving Åke Strömmer, Ursula RichterSven Lindahl
1978 Kent Finell
1979
1980 Arne Weise
1981 No radio broadcastBengteric Nordell
1982 Kent FinellArne Weise
1983 Agneta Bolme-Börjefors
1984 Fredrik Belfrage No radio broadcast
1985 Jan Ellerås, Rune Hallberg
1986 Ulf Elfving Jacob Dahlin
1987 Fredrik Belfrage Jan Ellerås
1988 Bengt Grafström Kalle OldbyMaud Uppling
1989 Jacob Dahlin Kent Finell, Janeric SundquistAgneta Bolme-Börjefors
1990 Jan JingrydKersti Adams-RayJan Ellerås
1991 Harald Treutiger Kalle Oldby, Runne HallbergBo Hagström
1992 Björn Kjellman, Jesper AspegrenKalle Oldby, Lotta Engberg Jan Jingryd
1993 Jan Jingryd, Kåge GimtellSusan Seidemar, Claes-Johan LarssonGösta Hanson
1994 Pekka Heino Claes-Johan Larsson, Lisa SyrénMarianne Anderberg
1995 Pernilla Månsson, Kåge GimtellBjörn Hedman
1996 Björn Kjellman Ulla Rundqvist
1997 Jan JingrydGösta Hanson
1998 Pernilla Månsson, Christer Björkman Claes-Johan Larsson, Anna HötzelBjörn Hedman
1999 Pekka Heino, Anders Berglund Carolina Norén Pontus Gårdinger
2000 Pernilla Månsson, Christer LundhCarolina Norén, Björn Kjellman Malin Ekander
2001 Henrik OlssonJosefine Sundström
2002 Claes Åkesson, Christer Björkman Kristin Kaspersen
2003 Pekka Heino Kattis Ahlström
2004 Jovan Radomir
2005 Annika Jankell
2006 Jovan Radomir
2007 Kristian Luuk, Josef Sterzenbach André Pops
2008 Björn Gustafsson
2009 Edward af Sillén, Shirley Clamp Sarah Dawn Finer
2010 Edward af Sillén, Christine Meltzer Eric Saade
2011 Edward af Sillén, Hélène Benno Danny Saucedo
2012 Edward af Sillén, Gina Dirawi Sarah Dawn Finer (as Lynda Woodruff)
2013 Josefine Sundström Carolina Norén (all shows), Ronnie Ritterland (semifinals), Björn Kjellman (final) Yohio
2014 Edward af Sillén, Malin Olsson Carolina Norén, Ronnie Ritterland Alcazar
2015 Edward af Sillén, Sanna Nielsen Mariette Hansson
2016 Lotta Bromé Carolina Norén, Björn Kjellman Gina Dirawi
2017 Edward af Sillén, Måns Zelmerlöw Carolina Norén, Björn Kjellman, Ola Gäverth Wiktoria
2018 Edward af Sillén, Sanna NielsenCarolina Norén, Björn Kjellman Felix Sandman
2019 Edward af Sillén, Charlotte Perrelli Eric Saade
2021 Edward af Sillén, Christer BjörkmanCarolina Norén Carola
2022 Edward af Sillén (all shows), Linnea Henriksson (final) Dotter
2023 Edward af Sillén (all shows), Måns Zelmerlöw (final) Farah Abadi
2024 Edward af Sillén, Tina Mehrafzoon Frans Jeppsson Wall

Other shows

ShowCommentatorChannelRef.
Songs of Europe Arne Weise TV2
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Pekka HeinoSVT1
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits Sarah Dawn Finer, Christer Björkman SVT1, SVT World
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light No commentatorSVT1

Stage directors

YearStage directorRef.
2011 Fredrik "Benke" Rydman
2012 Ambra Succi
2013
2014 Lotta Furebäck and Mari Ryberger
2015 Fredrik "Benke" Rydman
2016 Lotta Furebäck and Mari Ryberger
2017 Zain Odelstål, Lotta Furebäck and Mari Ryberger
2018 Dennis Brøchner and Zain Odelstål
2019 Dennis Brøchner, Zain Odelstål, Lotta Furebäck and Sacha Jean-Baptiste
2020 Zain Odelstål, Dennis Brøchner, Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Lotta Furebäck
2021 Lotta Furebäck, Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Jennie Widegren
2022 Sacha Jean-Baptiste, Lotta Furebäck, Jennie Widegren and Keisha von Arnold
2023 Keisha von Arnold, Lotta Furebäck, Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Jennie Widegren

Costume designers

YearCostume designersRef.
2006 Lars Wallin
2009 Camilla Thulin
2023 Fadi El Khoury

Photogallery

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ SR controlled Swedish public service television and radio until 1 July 1979, when SVT was created.
  2. 1 2 3 According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
  3. ↑ Qualified through the back-up jury selection
  4. ↑ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. 1 2 Voted by previous winners.
  6. 1 2 3 Voted by commentators.
  7. ↑ All conductors are of Swedish nationality unless otherwise noted.
  8. ↑ That year's Swedish national final was presented without an orchestra to save money for the international contest.
  9. ↑ Also conducted the Belgian entry
  10. ↑ That year's Swedish national final had the entries presented as music videos, so there was no orchestra present.
  11. ↑ Berglund also conducted and played accordion for the Yugoslav entry; he re-arranged the French entry as well when the submitted sheet music was deemed too difficult to follow.

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