| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest | |
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| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT; 1980–present) Formerly
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 64 (63 finals) |
| First appearance | 1958 |
| Highest placement | 1st:1974,1984,1991,1999,2012,2015,2023 |
| Host | 1975,1985,1992,2000,2013,2016,2024 |
| Related articles | |
| Melodifestivalen | |
| External links | |
| SVT official homepage | |
Sweden's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeSweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | |
Sweden has been represented at theEurovision Song Contest 64 times since making its debut in1958, missing only three contests since then (1964,1970, and1976). The current Swedish participating broadcaster in the contest isSveriges Television (SVT), which select its entrant through the national competitionMelodifestivalen. Sweden has hosted the contest seven times: three times inStockholm (1975,2000,2016), three times inMalmö (1992,2013,2024) and one time inGothenburg (1985). At the1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopttelevoting.
Sweden, along withIreland, 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 27 top-five results in the contest. After finishing second with "Nygammal vals" performed byLill Lindfors andSvante Thuresson in1966, Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with "Waterloo" byABBA (1974), "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" byHerreys (1984), "Fångad av en stormvind" byCarola (1991), "Take Me to Your Heaven" byCharlotte Nilsson (1999), "Euphoria" byLoreen (2012), "Heroes" byMåns Zelmerlöw (2015), and "Tattoo" byLoreen (2023).
Sveriges Radio (SR) is a full member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in theEurovision Song Contest. It participated in the contest representing Sweden since itsthird edition in 1958. Since 1980, after arestructuring that led to the creation of its television subsidiarySveriges Television (SVT), it is the latter who participates representing Sweden.
Sweden's first entrant in the contest was "Lilla stjärna" performed byAlice Babs in1958, who was placed fourth. This remained the country's best result until1966, when "Nygammal vals" byLill Lindfors andSvante Thuresson was second.[1]
Sweden's first Eurovision victory was in1974 with the song "Waterloo", performed byABBA. Following 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 "Främling" byCarola finished third in1983, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by theHerreys gave Sweden its second victory in1984. "Bra vibrationer" byKikki Danielsson then finished third in1985. Carola returned to the contest in1991, eventually giving Sweden its third win with "Fångad av en stormvind", defeatingFrance in a tie-break. "Take Me to Your Heaven" byCharlotte Nilsson gave the country a second win of the decade in1999. The 1990s also saw two third-place results, forJan Johansen in1995 andOne More Time in1996. In the 2000s, the best Swedish result was fifth place, which it achieved four times, withFriends in2001,Fame in2003,Lena Philipsson in2004 and Carola, who in2006, 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 from2005 to2009, placing no higher than 18th. The nadir came in2010, whenAnna Bergendahl became the first Swedish entrant to fail to qualify for the final, finishing 11th in the semi-final, only five points from qualification (in2008,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 ten in all subsequent editions except two (14th place in2013 and2021). This includes a fifth victory courtesy of "Euphoria" byLoreen in2012, a sixth victory courtesy of "Heroes" byMåns Zelmerlöw in2015, and a seventh victory courtesy of "Tattoo" by Loreen in2023. 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 in2011 and2014, fourth places in2022 and2025, and fifth places in2016,2017, and2019.
To choose its entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest, SR–between 1959 and 1979–and SVT–since 1980–have organised an annual music competition known since 1967 asMelodifestivalen. 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.
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| ◁ | Last place |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete |
| † | Upcoming event |
| Artist | Song | Language | AtCongratulations | At Eurovision | |||||
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| Final | Points | Semi | Points | Year | Place | Points | |||
| ABBA | "Waterloo" | English | 1 | 329 | 1 | 331 | 1974 | 1 | 24 |
| Year | Location | Venue | Executive producer | Director | Musical director | Presenter(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Stockholm | Stockholmsmässan | Roland Eiworth [sv] | Bo Billtén [sv] | Mats Olsson | Karin Falck | [4] |
| 1985 | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | Steen Priwin [sv] | Curt-Eric Holmquist | Lill Lindfors | [5] | |
| 1992 | Malmö | Malmö Isstadion | Ingvar Ernblad [sv] | Kåge Gimtell [sv] | Anders Berglund | Lydia Capolicchio andHarald Treutiger | [6] |
| 2000 | Stockholm | Globe Arena | Svante Stockselius | Mattias Bratten | — | Kattis Ahlström andAnders Lundin | [7] |
| 2013 | Malmö | Malmö Arena | Martin Österdahl | Daniel Jelinek [sv], Robin Hofwander andSven Stojanović | Petra Mede | [8] | |
| 2016 | Stockholm | Globe Arena | Johan Bernhagen and Martin Österdahl | Daniel Jelinek and Robin Hofwander | Petra Mede andMåns Zelmerlöw | [9] | |
| 2024 | Malmö | Malmö Arena | Ebba Adielsson andChristel Tholse Willers [sv] | Robin Hofwander, Daniel Jelinek and Fredrik Bäcklund | Petra Mede andMalin Åkerman | [10] | |
| Year | Category | Song | Performer | Composer(s) lyrics (l) / music (m) | Final result | Points | Host city | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Artistic Award[e] | "Never Let It Go" | Afro-dite | Marcos Ubeda | 8 | 72 |  Tallinn | |
| 2006 | Artistic Award[e] | "Invincible" | Carola | Thomas G:son,Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Carola | 5 | 170 |  Athens | |
| 2012 | Artistic Award[f] | "Euphoria" | Loreen | Thomas G:son,Peter Boström | 1 | 372 |  Baku | |
| Composer Award | ||||||||
| 2013 | Composer Award | "You" | Robin Stjernberg | Robin Stjernberg,Linnea Deb,Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas | 14 | 62 |  Malmö | |
| 2015 | Artistic Award[f] | "Heroes" | Måns Zelmerlöw | Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb | 1 | 365 |  Vienna | |
| 2022 | Composer Award | "Hold Me Closer" | Cornelia Jakobs | Cornelia Jakobsdotter,Isa Molin, David Zandén | 4 | 438 |  Turin | |
| 2023 | Artistic Award[f] | "Tattoo" | Loreen | Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt,Jimmy Jansson, Lorine Talhaoui,Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son | 1 | 583 |  Liverpool | |
| Press Award |
| Year | Song | Performer | Final result | Points | Host city | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Hero" | Charlotte Perrelli | 18 | 47 |  Belgrade | |
| 2012 | "Euphoria" | Loreen | 1 | 372 | Baku | |
| 2014 | "Undo" | Sanna Nielsen | 3 | 218 |  Copenhagen | |
| 2022 | "Hold Me Closer" | Cornelia Jakobs | 4 | 438 | Turin | |
| 2023 | "Tattoo" | Loreen | 1 | 583 | Liverpool | |
| 2025 | "Bara bada bastu" | KAJ | 4 | 321 |  Basel |
| Year | Eurovision conductor[g] | Melodifestivalen conductor | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1958 |  Dolf van der Linden | No national final held | Host conductor | [20] |
| 1959 |  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 | [21] | ||
| 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 | [22] | ||
| 1981 | ||||
| 1982 | ||||
| 1983 | Anders Ekdahl | |||
| 1984 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |||
| 1985 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | —[h] | [i] | |
| 1986 | Anders Berglund | N/A[j] | ||
| 1987 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |||
| 1988 | Anders Berglund | |||
| 1989 | ||||
| 1990 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |||
| 1991 | Anders Berglund | |||
| 1992 | Anders Berglund | [k] | ||
| 1993 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |||
| 1994 | Anders Berglund | |||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1997 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |||
| 1998 | Anders Berglund | |||
| 1999 | No orchestra | Anders Berglund | ||
| 2000 | Curt-Eric Holmquist | |||
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.[23]
| Year | Head of delegation | Ref. |
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| 2013 | Rennie Mirro | |
| 2015 | Christer Björkman | |
| 2016 | Mari Ryberger | |
| 2018 | Christer Björkman | |
| 2021 | Lotta Furebäck |
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Over the years Swedish commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, includingJacob Dahlin,Ulf Elfving,Harald Treutiger,Pekka Heino,Kristian Luuk, andFredrik Belfrage. Since2009 (with the exceptions of 2013 and 2016),Edward af Sillén provided the SVT commentary alongside various dual commentators.
| Year | Television commentator | Radio commentator | Spokesperson | Ref. |
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| 1957 | Nils Linnman | No radio broadcast | Did not participate | |
| 1958 | Jan Gabrielsson | Same as television broadcast | Tage Danielsson | |
| 1959 | Roland Eiworth | |||
| 1960 | Tage Danielsson | |||
| 1961 | Roland Eiworth | |||
| 1962 | Tage Danielsson | |||
| 1963 | Jörgen Cederberg | Edvard Matz | ||
| 1964 | Sven Lindahl | Did not participate | ||
| 1965 | Berndt Friberg | Edvard Matz | ||
| 1966 | Sven Lindahl | |||
| 1967 | Christina Hansegård | |||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1969 | ||||
| 1970 | No television broadcast | No radio broadcast | Did not participate | |
| 1971 | Åke Strömmer | Ursula Richter | No spokesperson | |
| 1972 | Bo Billtén | Björn Bjelfvenstam | ||
| 1973 | Alicia Lundberg | Ursula Richter | ||
| 1974 | Johan Sandström | Sven Lindahl | ||
| 1975 | Åke Strömmer | |||
| 1976 | No television broadcast | Did not participate | ||
| 1977 | Ulf Elfving | Åke Strömmer, Ursula Richter | Sven Lindahl | |
| 1978 | Kent Finell | |||
| 1979 | ||||
| 1980 | Arne Weise | |||
| 1981 | No radio broadcast | Bengteric Nordell | ||
| 1982 | Kent Finell | Arne 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 Oldby | Maud Uppling | |
| 1989 | Jacob Dahlin | Kent Finell, Janeric Sundquist | Agneta Bolme-Börjefors | |
| 1990 | Jan Jingryd | Kersti Adams-Ray | Jan Ellerås | |
| 1991 | Harald Treutiger | Kalle Oldby, Runne Hallberg | Bo Hagström | |
| 1992 | Björn Kjellman, Jesper Aspegren | Kalle Oldby,Lotta Engberg | Jan Jingryd | |
| 1993 | Jan Jingryd, Kåge Gimtell | Susan Seidemar, Claes-Johan Larsson | Gösta Hanson | |
| 1994 | Pekka Heino | Claes-Johan Larsson, Lisa Syrén | Marianne Anderberg | |
| 1995 | Pernilla Månsson, Kåge Gimtell | Björn Hedman | ||
| 1996 | Björn Kjellman | Ulla Rundqvist | ||
| 1997 | Jan Jingryd | Gösta Hanson | ||
| 1998 | Pernilla Månsson,Christer Björkman | Claes-Johan Larsson, Anna Hötzel | Björn Hedman | |
| 1999 | Pekka Heino,Anders Berglund | Carolina Norén | Pontus Gårdinger | |
| 2000 | Pernilla Månsson, Christer Lundh | Carolina Norén,Björn Kjellman | Malin Ekander | |
| 2001 | Henrik Olsson | Josefine 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 Nielsen | Carolina Norén, Björn Kjellman | Felix Sandman | |
| 2019 | Edward af Sillén,Charlotte Perrelli | Eric Saade | ||
| 2021 | Edward af Sillén, Christer Björkman | Carolina 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 | ||
| 2025 | Edward af Sillén(all shows),Petra Mede(final) | Keyyo | [45] |
| Show | Commentator | Channel | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Songs of Europe | Arne Weise | TV2 | |
| Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest | Pekka Heino | SVT1 | |
| Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits | Sarah Dawn Finer,Christer Björkman | SVT1,SVT World | |
| Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light | No commentator | SVT1 |
| Year | Stage director | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2024 | ||
| 2025 |
| Year | Costume designers | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Lars Wallin | |
| 2009 | Camilla Thulin | |
| 2023 | Fadi El Khoury |
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Naturalmente confermata anche la partecipazione della Svezia con l'iconico Melodifestivalen.[Of course also confirmed is Sweden's participation with the iconic Melodifestivalen.]
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