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| Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | ||||
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| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1982 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 27 February 1982 | |||
| Selected entrant | Chips | |||
| Selected song | "Dag efter dag" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 67 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The Swedish National Final was held on 27 February 1982 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Melodifestivalen 1982 was the selection for the 22nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 21st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg on 27 February 1982, presented by Fredrik Belfrage and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
The 10 songs were reduced to 5 finalists, which were then voted on by 9 juries split according to age ranges. Chips formed by Elisabeth Andreasson and Kikki Danielsson had both previously come 2nd in the Melodifestivalen 1981 in a group called 'Sweet 'n' Chips'. Kikki Danielsson had previously came joint 1st in the Melodifestivalen 1978 but lost out on a tie-break and previously came 4th in the group Chips in 1980.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Gerhard and Yvonne Olsson | "Hand i hand med dig" | Little Gerhard, Börje Carlsson | - | - |
| 2 | Lena Ericsson | "Någonting har hänt" | Staffan Ehrling, Britt Lindeborg | 39 | 2 |
| 3 | Chattanooga | "Hallå hela pressen" | Strix Q, Mia Kempff | 28 | 4 |
| 4 | Charlie Hillson | "Då kommer min ängel" | Charlie Hillson | - | - |
| 5 | Ann-Louise Hanson | "Kärleken lever" | Anders Glenmark | 25 | 5 |
| 6 | Annika Rydell and Lars Westman | "Här har du din morgondag" | Lasse Westman, Kjell Isaksson, Inger Isaksson | - | - |
| 7 | Liza Öhman | "Hey-hi-ho" | Martin Contra, Björn Frisén | 33 | 3 |
| 8 | Shanes | "Fender 62" | Kit Sundqvist, Håkan Thanger | - | - |
| 9 | Maria Wickman | "Dags att börjar om igen" | Hasse Olsson | - | - |
| 10 | Chips | "Dag efter dag" | Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg | 64 | 1 |
| Song | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-30 | 30-35 | 35-40 | 40-45 | 45-50 | 50-55 | 55-60 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Någonting har hänt" | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| "Hallå hela pressen" | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| "Kärleken lever" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| "Hey-hi-ho" | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| "Dag efter dag" | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
Sweden performed 9th on the evening of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Austria. They finished 8th with 67 points. [1]
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