Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

First participation

1958

Number of participations

59 (as of 2019)

Highest ranking

1 ( 1974 , 1984 , 1991 , 1999 , 2012 , 2015 )

Highest Score

372 (2012)

Lowest Score

0 ( 1963 )

Points average (since first post)

91.58 (as of 2019)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

3.67 (as of 2019)

This article deals with the history of Sweden as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

Some Swedish winners (from left to right): Richard and Per Herrey from the Herreys group (1984), Carola Häggkvist (1991), Måns Zelmerlöw (2015), Loreen (2012) and Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA (1974)

Sweden took part in the third Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 for the first time and achieved a good placement there with place 4 out of 10. In the following year, however, the country only reached 9th out of 11. In 1960 and 1961, Sweden only achieved positions in the lower midfield with 10th out of 13 and 14th out of 16. In 1962, on the other hand, Inger Berggren achieved an average placement again with place 7 out of 16. Then in 1963 the country achieved its first last place in the competition. Without a point, Sweden ended up in last place along with Finland, the Netherlands and Norway. In 1964 Sweden withdrew from the competition. Finally, participation was not possible due to an artist strike. Sweden returned to the competition as early as 1965 and was significantly more successful than before.

In 1965, the country only achieved an average placement of 10th out of 18, but in 1966 a second place followed in the competition, which was Sweden's best placement at the time. In 1967 the country ended up in the middle again with 8th place out of 17. In 1968, Sweden achieved a good result with 5th place out of 17. In 1969, however, the country again only achieved an average ranking of 9th out of 16. After four countries had won in 1969, Sweden, along with Finland , Norway , Austria and Portugal, decided not to take part in 1970 . This represented a protest against the scoring system at the time. After this brief abstinence, the country returned to the competition in 1971. There the Swedish contribution again took one of the top places with place 6 out of 18, while in 1972 the country only landed in the middle again with place 13 out of 18. In 1973 the duo Nova achieved a good result again with place 5. 1974 Sweden reached its own first win in competition with ABBA and Waterloo . In 1975, when the competition took place in Stockholm, the country ended up only in the middle again with 8th place out of 19. In 1976, however, Sweden failed for the third time. The reason given was the musical quality of the event after there had been widespread protest against the event at the previous year's competition in Stockholm with the alternative festival. However, 1976 was the last year that Sweden did not participate in the competition. After all, the country returned to competition as early as 1977. However, the first few years since returning were not very successful.

In 1977, Sweden finished last for the second time, but this was the last time that Sweden reached last place in the competition. Despite this failure, the country was only able to place itself in the middle of the field in 1978 with 14th place out of 20. In 1979, however, Sweden only ended up third from last. In 1980 and 1981, the country achieved tenth place respectively and ended up again in the middle of the field. It was not until 1982 that a slightly better result was achieved again with place 8 out of 18. From 1983 Sweden was again more successful in the competition. In 1983, Carola Häggkvist was able to achieve first third place for Sweden in the competition. In 1984, however, the result of the previous year was exceeded when Sweden won its second victory with the band Herreys. With 145 points they also achieved Sweden's highest number of points in the competition. In 1986, when the competition took place in Gothenburg, the singer Kikki Danielsson reached third place again, making Sweden among the top three for three years in a row. But also in 1986 the country achieved a good result when the duo Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm reached 5th place. Sweden was not so successful again until 1987.

The Swedish contributions in 1987 and 1988 only achieved placements in the middle of the field with 12th place each. In 1989, however, the country again achieved a good result with 4th place. In 1990 Sweden reached its worst ranking since 1979. Finally, the group Edin-Ådahl only achieved a placement in the lower midfield with 16th place out of 22. In 1991 the singer Carola, who successfully represented the country in 1983 and took 3rd place, represented Sweden again and took the third victory for the country. With 146 points she also got a new high point for the country in the competition. However, it was a close win as her French rival Amina also scored 146 points. According to the rules valid until 2003, the winner in the event of a tie was decided according to the number of 12-point scores. Since both representatives got 12 points four times each, the number of 10-point evaluations decided, of which Sweden got five and France two. Carola from Sweden was the winner. However, in 1992, when the competition was held in Malmö, Sweden could not be as successful as before as a host. Ultimately, Christer Björkman's song I morgon är en annan dag only landed on the penultimate place, making the country its worst ranking since 1977. In 1993, on the other hand, Sweden was more successful again and came in 7th out of 25. In 1994, however, the country again only achieved a position in the midfield with 13th place out of 25. 1995 and 1996 Sweden was again very successful and achieved 3rd place in each case in 1996, when it was one internal qualifying round, the country even achieved first place there. In 1997, the country landed again in the midfield with 14th place out of 24. In 1998, Sweden even achieved a placement in the top ten with 10th place out of 25. From 1999, however, the country was very successful .

In 1999 Sweden won the competition for the fourth time with Charlotte Nilsson and Take Me to Your Heaven . With 163 points, a new high point was also achieved for the country. In 2000, when the competition took place in Stockholm for the second time, the country was again successful as a host and took 7th place, another place in the top ten. Sweden achieved 5th place in 2001 and 2003, while the 2002 entry also reached 8th place in the top ten. Sweden was also able to place in the top ten in 2004 and took 6th place in the final. It was the seventh time in a row that the country was able to secure a place in the top ten. In 2005 this series broke, however, as Martin Stenmarck only took 19th place in the final and thus achieved the worst result since 1992. In 2006 Sweden sent the singer Carola for the third time, who already took third place in 1983 and won the entire competition in 1991. However, due to the poor position in the previous year, the country had to take part in the semi-finals for the first time. After a fourth place there, Carola achieved a good result for Sweden in the final with fifth place. Carola is also Sweden's most successful Eurovision participant. After all, she only achieved placements in the top five for Sweden in her three appearances. From 2007, however, things went steadily downhill for the country. In 2007 the band The Ark ended up in the final only in the lower midfield with 18th place out of 24, so that Sweden had to participate in the semifinals again in 2008. However, Sweden almost eliminated there. Since the rule in 2008 was that the tenth qualifying place in the semifinals was determined by a jury, regardless of the televote result, Sweden still qualified for the final. In the end, the country only reached position 12 in the semifinals. Nevertheless, the result was not very successful and the country landed, as in the previous year, in 18th place. In 2009 Malena Ernman reached 4th place in the semifinals, but was only 21st in the final . In 2010, Sweden then reached its lowest point in the competition, which is still valid today. The singer Anna Bergendahl reached 11th place in the semifinals with her song This Is My Life , which was the first time that Sweden was eliminated in the semifinals. 2010 was the first year since 1976 that there was no Swedish entry in the final. However, from 2011 Sweden was again significantly more successful and since then has had its most successful phase in the competition.

The country was able to reach 1st place in the semi-finals in 2011, while Eric Saade then achieved 3rd place in the final, the best result for Sweden since 1999. The country also achieved a new high of 185 points. However, this result was even surpassed in 2012. Loreen was able to reach 1st place in the semifinals and finally achieved Sweden's fifth victory in the competition in the final. With 372 points she got the highest score for Sweden to date. It was also the second highest number of points in the old point system, which was valid until 2015. Only Alexander Rybak from Norway scored 387 points more than Loreen. In 2013, when the competition took place in Malmö, Sweden ended up in midfield for the first time with 14th place in the final. In 2014 Sweden was able to reach 2nd place in the semifinals and 3rd place in the final after 2011. In 2015, Måns Zelmerlöw took Sweden's sixth win in the competition after taking 1st place in the semifinals, just like his predecessor Loreen. This moved the country to second place on the list of winners, as only Ireland has more victories than Sweden. In 2016, when the competition took place for the third time in Stockholm, Sweden achieved another place in the top five with 5th place. In 2017, the country reached 5th place after Robin Bengtsson reached 3rd place in the semi-finals. In 2018 Benjamin Ingrosso was able to get 2nd place in the semi-finals, but only ended up in 7th place in the final, and only finished 23rd out of 26th in the audience. John Lundvik also reached 5th place for the third time in four years Robin Bengtsson 2017 he also reached 3rd place in the semifinals. Since 2011, with the exception of 2013, Sweden has only been in the top ten. There are also two wins and two third places.

A total of 38 of the 59 entries ended up in the left half of the table. Overall, Sweden was eliminated only once in the semi-finals and only reached last place twice. Nevertheless, the country has so far won the competition six times, once in second place and six times in third place. Thus Sweden is one of the most successful countries in the competition.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.      

year	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision	Charts (SV)
					space	Points	space	Points
1958	Alice Babs	Lilla stjärna M / T: Åke Gerhard	Swedish	Little Star	4/10	10	Direct participation		internal selection	-
1959	Brita Borg	Augustin M: Harry Sandin; T: Åke Gerhard	Swedish	Augustine	9/11	4th			Melodifestivalen 1959	-
1960	Siw Malmkvist	Alla andra får varann M: Siw Malmkvist; T: Åke Gerhard	Swedish	Everyone else gets each other	10/13	4th			Melodifestivalen 1960	-
1961	Lill-Babs	April, April M: Bobbie Ericsson; T: Bo Eneby	Swedish	April Fools	14/16	2			Melodifestivalen 1961	-
1962	Inger Berggren	Sol och vår M / T: Åke Gerhard, Ulf Kjellqvist	Swedish	Sun and spring	7/16	4th			Melodifestivalen 1962	-
1963	Monica Zetterlund	En gång i Stockholm M: Bobbie Ericsson; T: Beppe Wolgers	Swedish	Once upon a time in Stockholm	13/16	0			Melodifestivalen 1963	-
1964	Participation withdrawn
1965	Ingvar Wixell	Absent Friends M: Dag Wirén; T: Alf Henriksson	English	Absent friends	10/18	6th	Direct participation		Melodifestivalen 1965	-
1966	Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson	Nygammal vals eller hip man svinaherde M: Bengt Arne Wallin; T: Björn Lindroth	Swedish	New-old waltz or a hip swineherd	2/18	16			Melodifestivalen 1966	-
1967	Östen Warnerbring	Som en dröm M: Curt Petterson, Marcus Österdahl; T: Patrice Hellberg	Swedish	Like a dream	8/17	7th			Melodifestivalen 1967	-
1968	Claes-Göran Hederström	Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej M / T: Peter Himmelstrand	Swedish	Damn, it's starting to look like love	5/17	15th			Melodifestivalen 1968	-
1969	Tommy Koerberg	Judy, min van M: Roger Wallis; T: Britt Lindeborg	Swedish	Judy, my friend	9/16	8th			Melodifestivalen 1969	-
1970	No participation
1971	Family Four	Vita vidder M / T: Håkan Elmquist	Swedish	White areas	6/18	85	Direct participation		Melodifestivalen 1971	-
1972	Family Four	Härliga summer day M / T: Håkan Elmquist	Swedish	Wonderful summer day	13/18	75			Melodifestivalen 1972	-
1973	nova	You Are Summer - You Never Tell Me No M: Monica Dominique, Carl-Axel Dominique; T: Lars Forssell	English	You're summer - you never tell me no	5/17	94			Melodifestivalen 1973	-
1974	ABBA	Waterloo M: Benny Andersson , Björn Ulvaeus ; T: Stikkan Anderson	English	Waterloo	1  /17	24			Melodifestivalen 1974	3
1975	Lars Berghagen	Jennie, Jennie M / T: Lars Berghagen	English	Jennie, Jennie	8/19	72			Melodifestivalen 1975	-
1976	No participation
1977	Forbes	Beatles M: Claes Bure; T: Sven-Olof Bagge	Swedish	Beatles	18/18	2	Direct participation		Melodifestivalen 1977	3
1978	Bjorn Skifs	Det blir alltid värre framåt natten M / T: Peter Himmelstrand	Swedish	It just keeps getting worse when the night comes	14/20	26th			Melodifestivalen 1978	8th
1979	Ted Gärdestad	Satellite M: Ted Gärdestad; T: Kenneth Gärdestad	Swedish	satellite	17/19	8th			Melodifestivalen 1979	10
1980	Tomas Ledin	Just now! M / T: Tomas Ledin	Swedish	Just now	10/19	47			Melodifestivalen 1980	1
1981	Bjorn Skifs	Fångad i en dröm M / T: Björn Skifs, Bengt Palmers	Swedish	Caught in a dream	10/20	50			Melodifestivalen 1981	11
1982	crisps	Dag efter dag M: Lasse Holm ; T: Monica Forsberg	Swedish	Day after day	8/18	67			Melodifestivalen 1982	4th
1983	Carola Häggkvist	Främling M: Lasse Holm; T: Monica Forsberg	Swedish	Stranger	3/20	126			Melodifestivalen 1983	5
1984	Herreys	Diggi-loo Diggy-ley M: Torgny Söderberg; T: Britt Lindeborg	Swedish, English	Diggi Loo / Diggi Ley	1  /19	145			Melodifestivalen 1984	2
1985	Kikki Danielsson	Bra vibrationer M: Lasse Holm; T: Ingela Forsman	Swedish	Good vibes	3/19	103			Melodifestivalen 1985	-
1986	Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm	E 'de' det här you kaller kärlek? M / T: Lasse Holm	Swedish	Is that what you call love	5/20	78			Melodifestivalen 1986	17th
1987	Lotta Engberg	Boogaloo (Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola) M: Mikael Wendt; T: Christer Lundh	Swedish	Boogaloo	12/22	50			Melodifestivalen 1987	19th
1988	Tommy Koerberg	Stad i ljus M / T: Py Bäckman	Swedish	City of Lights	12/21	52			Melodifestivalen 1988	8th
1989	Tommy Nilsson	En dag M / T: Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson , Alexander Bard	Swedish	Someday	4/22	110			Melodifestivalen 1989	3
1990	Edin-Ådahl	Som en vind M / T: Mikael Wendt	Swedish	Like a wind	16/22	24			Melodifestivalen 1990	15th
1991	Carola	Fångad av en stormvind M / T: Stephan Berg	Swedish	Caught in a storm wind	1  / 22nd	146			Melodifestivalen 1991	3
1992	Christer Björkman	I morgon är en annan dag M / T: Niklas Strömstedt	Swedish	Tomorrow is a new day	22/23	9			Melodifestivalen 1992	5
1993	Arvingarna	Eloise M: Lasse Holm; T: Gert Lengstrand	Swedish	Eloise	7/25	89			Melodifestivalen 1993	10
1994	Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare	Stjärnorna M: Peter Bertilsson; T: Mikael Littwold	Swedish	The stars	13/25	48	Qualified directly for the final		Melodifestivalen 1994	-
1995	Jan Johansen	Se på mej M: Håkan Almqvist, Bobby Ljunggren; T: Ingela 'Pling' Forsman	Swedish	look at me	3/23	100			Melodifestivalen 1995	1
1996	One more time	Den vilda M: Peter Grönvall; T: Nanne Grönvall	Swedish	The wild	3/23	100	1/29	227	Melodifestivalen 1996	7th
1997	Blond	Bara hon älskar mig M / T: Stephan Berg	Swedish	If only she would love me	14/24	36	Qualified directly for the final		Melodifestivalen 1997	4th
1998	Jill Johnson	Kärleken är M: Håkan Almqvist, Bobby Ljunggren; T: Ingela 'Pling' Forsman	Swedish	Love is	10/25	53			Melodifestivalen 1998	5
1999	Charlotte Nilsson	Take Me to Your Heaven (Tusen och en natt) 1 M: Lars 'Dille' Diedricson; T: Marcos Ubeda	English	Take me to your heaven	1  /23	163			Melodifestivalen 1999	2 1
2000	Roger Pontare	When Spirits Are Calling My Name M / T: Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson, Peter Dahl	English	When the ghosts call my name	7/24	88			Melodifestivalen 2000	-
2001	Friends	Listen to Your Heartbeat (Lyssna till ditt hjärta) 2 M / T: Thomas G: son , Henrik Sethsson	English	Listen to your heartbeat	5/23	100			Melodifestivalen 2001	4 2
2002	Afro-dite	Never Let It Go M / T: Marcos Ubeda	English	Never let it go away	8/24	72			Melodifestivalen 2002	1
2003	Fame	Give Me Your Love M / T: Carl Lösnitz, Calle Kindbom	English	Give me your love	5/26	107			Melodifestivalen 2003	1
2004	Lena Philipsson	It Hurts (Det gör ont) 3 M / T: Thomas "Orup" Eriksson	English	It hurts	6/24	170			Melodifestivalen 2004	4/1 3
2005	Martin Stenmarck	Las Vegas M / T: Niklas Edberger, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson, Johan Fransson	English	Las Vegas	19/24	30th			Melodifestivalen 2005	1
2006	Carola	Invincible (Evighet) 4 M: Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G: son , Henrik Wikström; T: Thomas G: son , Carola Häggkvist	English	Invincible	5/24	170	4/23	214	Melodifestivalen 2006	29/1 4
2007	The Ark	The Worrying Kind M / T: Ola Salo	English	The concerned	18/24	51	Qualified directly for the final		Melodifestivalen 2007	1
2008	Charlotte Perrelli	Hero M: Fredrik Kempe, Bobby Ljunggren; T: Fredrik Kempe	English	hero	18/25	47	12/19	54	Melodifestivalen 2008	1
2009	Malena Ernman	La voix M / T: Fredrik Kempe	English, French	The voice	21/25	33	4/18	105	Melodifestivalen 2009	2
2010	Anna Bergendahl	This Is My Life M: Bobby Ljunggren; T: Kristian Lagerström	English	That is my life	Eliminated		11/17	62	Melodifestivalen 2010	1
2011	Eric Saade	Popular M / T: Fredrik Kempe	English	Popular	3/25	185	1/19	155	Melodifestivalen 2011	1
2012	Loreen	Euphoria M / T: Thomas G: son , Peter Boström	English	euphoria	1  / 26th	372	1/18	181	Melodifestivalen 2012	1
2013	Robin Stjernberg	You M / T: Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas	English	You	14/26	62	Qualified directly for the final		Melodifestivalen 2013	1
2014	Sanna Nielsen	Undo M / T: Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah	English	Cancel	3 / 26th	218	2/16	131	Melodifestivalen 2014	2
2015	Måns Zelmerlöw	Heroes M / T: Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb	English	Heroes	1  /27	365	1/17	217	Melodifestivalen 2015	1
2016	Frans	If I Were Sorry M / T: Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson, Frans Jeppsson-Wall	English	If I was sorry	5/26	261	Qualified directly for the final		Melodifestivalen 2016	1
2017	Robin Bengtsson	I Can't Go On M / T: David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, Robin Stjernberg	English	I can't go on	5/26	344	3/18	227	Melodifestivalen 2017	3
2018	Benjamin Ingrosso	Dance You Off M / T: Benjamin Ingrosso , MAG, Louis Schoorl, K Nita	English	Dance yourself out	7/26	274	2/18	254	Melodifestivalen 2018	2
2019	John Lundvik	Too Late for Love M / T: John Lundvik , Anderz Wrethov, Andreas "Stone" Johansson	English	Too late for love	5/26	334	3/18	238	Melodifestivalen 2019	1
2020	The mamas	Move M / T: Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean, Herman Gardarfve	English	Move	Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU				Melodifestivalen 2020	1
2021									Melodifestivalen 2021

¹In the preliminary round, Charlotte Nilsson sang the song in Swedish. At the ESC then in English. The English version was listed in the charts.

²In the preliminary round, the Friends group sang the song in Swedish. At the ESC then in English. The Swedish version was listed in the charts.

³In the preliminary round, Lena Philipsson sang the song in Swedish. At the ESC then in English. Both versions were listed in the charts. The English ranked number 4, the Swedish number 1

^4thIn the preliminary round, Carola sang the song in Swedish. At the ESC then in English. Both versions were listed in the charts. The English ranked number 29, the Swedish number 1

National preliminary decisions

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Sweden's first contribution was selected internally, and in all later years there was a preliminary decision under the title "Melodifestivalen". The concept has been particularly successful since 2002, when the preliminary rounds were expanded to include four semi-finals and a "second chance". Since then, the final has always been the show with the highest ratings of the year.

languages

In 1965, Sweden was the first country to present an article entirely in a language that is not the national language, namely English. Until then, there had been no regulation regarding the language, but in the following year all contributions had to be sung in a national language. In the years without language rules in which the country participated (1973 to 1975 and from 1999), all contributions were presented in English. Many other contributions were also recorded in this language, especially from the 1970s onwards.

Commercial success

Many Swedish contributions were a big hit in Sweden, especially since the introduction of the new preliminary decision concept in 2002. Since then, almost all Swedish contributions have reached first place in the singles charts, in 2005 also the second-placed title Håll om mig by Nanne Grönvall, which even sold better when Las Vegas and became the best-selling single of the year. Some contributions were also internationally successful, especially in the Scandinavian region. The biggest international hit was certainly the ABBA group's first Swedish winning title Waterloo : It reached number one in the charts in many countries and was also successful in the USA , where it reached sixth place.

Hosted competitions

year	city	venue	Moderation
1975	Stockholm	St. Eriks Mässan Älvsjö	Karin Falck
1985	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	Lill Lindfors
1992	Malmo	Malmo Isstadion	Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger
2000	Stockholm	Ericsson Globe	Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin
2013	Malmo	Malmo Arena	Petra Mede
2016	Stockholm	Ericsson Globe	Måns Zelmerlöw & Petra Mede

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Sweden (as of 2019):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Ireland 227 2  Norway 226 3  Denmark 214 4th  United Kingdom 168 5  Germany 150

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Norway 363 2  Denmark 349 3  Finland 283 4th  United Kingdom 224 5  Iceland 220

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Denmark 307 2  Norway 301 3  Ireland 244 4th  Finland 194 5  Iceland 190

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Norway 453 2  Denmark 449 3  Finland 322 4th  Iceland 288 5  United Kingdom 278

Award of the highest rating

Since 1975 Sweden has given the highest number of points in the final to 22 different countries, including seven times to Ireland. In the semi-finals, on the other hand, Sweden awarded the maximum number of points to twelve different countries, six of them to Denmark.

Highest rating (final) year country Place (final) 1975  Netherlands 1 1976 No participation 1977  Ireland 3 1978  Monaco 4th 1979  Israel 1 1980  Ireland 1 1981  Germany 2 1982  Yugoslavia 14th 1983  United Kingdom 6th 1984  Ireland 2 1985  Norway 1 1986  Switzerland 2 1987  Ireland 1 1988  Switzerland 1 1989  Denmark 3 1990  Ireland 3 1991  Malta 6th 1992  Malta 3 1993  Ireland 1 1994  Hungary 4th 1995  Denmark 5 1996  Estonia 5 1997  United Kingdom 1 1998  Norway 8th 1999  Iceland 2 2000  Denmark 1 2001  Greece 3 2002  Estonia 3 2003  Norway 4th 2004  Serbia and Montenegro 2 2005  Greece 1 2006  Finland 1 2007  Finland 17th 2008  Norway 5 2009  Norway 1 2010  Germany 1 2011  Ireland 8th 2012  Cyprus 16 2013  Norway 4th 2014  Austria 1 2015  Australia 5 2016  Australia (J&T) 2 2017  Portugal (J) 1  Belgium (T) 4th 2018  Cyprus (J) 2  Denmark (T) 9 2019  Netherlands (J) 1  Norway (T) 6th 2020 Competition canceled

Highest rating (semi-finals) year country Place (semifinals) 2004  Serbia and Montenegro 1 2005  Denmark 3 2006  Finland 1 2007  Iceland 13 2008  Denmark 3 2009  Iceland 1 2010  Denmark 5 2011  Denmark 2 2012  Estonia 4th 2013  Denmark 1 2014  Netherlands 1 2015  Norway 4th 2016  Russia (J) 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (T) 11 2017  Australia (J) 6th  Portugal (T) 1 2018  Norway (J) 1  Denmark (T) 5 2019  Switzerland (J) 4th  Norway (T) 7th 2020 Competition canceled

various

• In 1966 Sweden reached second place. This year, five points was the highest possible score, with Sweden receiving 16 - five from Denmark , five from Norway and five from Finland .
• The Swedish entry from 1987 was originally called Fyra Bugg och en Coca-Cola , but since the EBU did not allow brand names on the stage, the title was renamed the harmless Boogaloo .
• The 2001 Swedish post, Listen to Your Heartbeat , was a plagiarism of the 1996 Belgian post, Liefde is een kaartspel . This was officially declared in 2003.
• In 2014 Helena Paparizou, who won the Eurovision Song Contest for Greece in 2005, took part in the Swedish preliminary round and made it to the final. In the end, however, it was decided in favor of Sanna Nielsen with her song Undo .
• Sweden has won 6 times and therefore has the second most wins, only Ireland has one more. In addition, Sweden has been in the top 10 ten times since the semi-finals were introduced in 2004.
• Sweden received over 300 points four times: in 2012 (372 points), 2015 (365 points), 2017 (344 points) and 2019 (334 points), more often than any other country.
  • In addition, Sweden is the only country that has received over 200 points more than three times in a row. Sweden received over 200 points six times in a row in 2014 (218 points), 2015 (365 points), 2016 (261 points), 2017 (344 points), 2018 (274 points) and 2019 (334 points).

Impressions

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  Alice Babs 1958

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  Ingvar Wixell in 1965

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  Carola 2006

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  The Ark 2007

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  Charlotte Perrelli 2008

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  Malena Ernman 2009

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  Anna Bergendahl 2010

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  Eric Saade 2011

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  Loreen 2012

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  Robin Stjernberg 2013

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  Sanna Nielsen 2014

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  Måns Zelmerlöw 2015

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  Frans 2016

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  Robin Bengtsson 2017

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  Benjamin Ingrosso 2018

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  John Lundvik 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swedishcharts.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Swedish entry 2001 now officially plagiarism ( Memento of October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ diggiloo.net
4. ↑ esctoday.com