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| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1989 | |||
| Selection date | 11 March 1989 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "En dag" | |||
| Artist | Tommy Nilsson | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 110 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "En dag", written byTim Norell,Ola Håkansson, andAlexander Bard, and performed byTommy Nilsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry throughMelodifestivalen 1989.
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Melodifestivalen 1989 was the selection for the 29th song to representSweden at theEurovision Song Contest. It was the 28th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted toSveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The hostess,Yvonne Ryding, was theMiss Universe 1984. The final was held in theGlobe Arena inStockholm on 11 March 1989, was broadcast onSVT1 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 5,328,000 people.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lili & Sussie | "Okey okey" | Tim Norell,Ola Håkansson | 67 | 5 |
| 2 | Catrin Olsson | "När stormen går" | Andreas Nilsson, Staffan Odenhall | 21 | 9 |
| 3 | True Blue | "Jorden är din" | Tomas Ledin, Lars Andersson | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Visitors andSofia Källgren | "Världen är vår" | Göran Danielsson, Svante Persson | 50 | 7 |
| 5 | Eriksson-Glenmark | "Upp över mina öron" | Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson,Anders Glenmark | 108 | 2 |
| 6 | Tommy Nilsson | "En dag" | Tim Norell,Ola Håkansson,Alexander Bard | 113 | 1 |
| 7 | Lisa Nilsson | "Du (öppnar min värld)" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman,Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist | 74 | 4 |
| 8 | Fingerprints | "Mitt ibland änglar" | Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson,Anders Glenmark | 80 | 3 |
| 9 | Haakon Pedersen and Elisabeth Berg | "Nattens drottning" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman,Lasse Holm | 67 | 5 |
| 10 | Cajsa Bergström | "Genom eld" | Ulf Söderberg | 39 | 8 |
| Song | Luleå | Umeå | Sundsvall | Falun | Örebro | Karlstad | Gothenburg | Malmö | Växjö | Norrköping | Stockholm | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Okey okey" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 67 |
| "När stormen går" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| "Jorden är din" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| "Världen är vår" | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 50 |
| "Upp över mina öron" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 108 |
| "En dag" | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 113 |
| "Du (öppnar min värld)" | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 74 |
| "Mitt ibland änglar" | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 80 |
| "Nattens drottning" | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 67 |
| "Genom eld" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 39 |
The song was drawn #10 at the contest inLausanne, Switzerland. It scored very well, receiving a total of 110 points, making Sweden finish 4th, only 1 point behind their 3rd-placed neighbourDenmark.[1]
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