Melodifestivalen is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 63 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then. The current Swedish participant broadcaster in the contest is Sveriges Television (SVT), which select its entrant with the national competition Melodifestivalen. Sweden has hosted the contest seven times: three times in Stockholm, three times in Malmö and once in Gothenburg (1985). At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting.
Melodifestivalen 2006 was the 46th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 18 February and 18 March 2006. The winner of the competition was Carola with the song "Evighet". She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, with the English version of the song, "Invincible", where she came fifth with 170 points.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Invincible", written by Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, and Carola Häggkvist, and performed by Carola herself. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 2006. Carola had already represented Sweden in 1983, and had won the contest in 1991.
Melodifestivalen 2003 was the 43rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 15 February and 15 March 2003. The winner of the competition was Fame with the song "Give Me Your Love", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where they came fifth with 107 points.
"Invincible" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist, with music composed by Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, and Henrik Wikström and lyrics written by G:son and Häggkvist. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, placing fifth.
"Främling" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist with music composed by Lasse Holm, Swedish lyrics written by Monica Forsberg, and arranged by Lennart Sjöholm. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 held in Munich, after winning the Melodifestivalen 1983.
Melodifestivalen is an event organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR) to determine the country's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. The voting procedures to select the entrant for the annual contest have varied over the years since the country's debut in 1958. The Swedish broadcasters have experimented with techniques including splitting the juries by age, regional voting, and using an "expert" jury. Televoting was controversially first introduced in 1993, as an unannounced experiment. The Swedish telephone network promptly collapsed under the strain of phone calls being made.
Melodifestivalen is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie", written and performed by Lasse Berghagen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1975. In addition, SR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, after winning the previous edition with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Dag efter dag", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Monica Forsberg, and performed by the band Chips. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1982.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Främling", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Monica Forsberg, and performed by Carola Häggkvist. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1983.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Bra vibrationer", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Ingela Forsman, and performed by Kikki Danielsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1985. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, after winning the previous edition with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?", written by Lasse Holm, and performed by Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1986.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Som en vind", written by Mikael Wendt, and performed by the band Edin-Ådahl. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1990.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind", written by Stephan Berg, and performed by Carola. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1991. Carola had already represented Sweden at the 1983 contest. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest after having to apply the tiebreaker rule because it ended with the same number of points as the entry from France. This was the third ever victory for Sweden in the contest.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon är en annan dag", written by Niklas Strömstedt, and performed by Christer Björkman. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1992. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Malmö Isstadion in Malmö, after winning the previous edition with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola.
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Stjärnorna", composed by Peter Bertilsson, with lyrics by Mikael Littwold, and performed by Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1994.
Sweden was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 by the Limelights and the song "Varför jag?". the duo of Anna Jalkéus and Liselotte Östblom were the winners of the Lilla Melodifestivalen contest in 2004.
Melodifestivalen 2021 was the 61st edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 6 February and 13 March 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all shows of this edition took place in the Annexet in Stockholm, and without an audience. The winner of the competition was Tusse with the song "Voices", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where he came fourteenth with 109 points.
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