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| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1991 | |||
| Selection date | 31 March 1991 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Fångad av en stormvind" | |||
| Artist | Carola | |||
| Songwriter | Stephan Berg | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 146 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind", written byStephan Berg, and performed byCarola. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry throughMelodifestivalen 1991. Carola had already representedSweden 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 fromFrance. This was the third ever victory for Sweden in the contest.
Melodifestivalen 1991 was the selection for the 31st song to representSweden at theEurovision Song Contest. It was the 30th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,323 songs were submitted toSveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in theMalmö Stadsteater inMalmö on 31 March 1991, presented byHarald Treutiger and was broadcast onTV2 andSveriges Radio's P3 network. Carola Häggkvist went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest inRome, Sweden's third Eurovision win. The show was watched by 5,880,000 people.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laila Dahl | "Annie" | Arne Höglund | 33 | 4 |
| 2 | Pernilla Wahlgren | "Tvillingsjäl" | Lena Philipsson | - | - |
| 3 | Diana Nuñez | "Kärlekens dans" | Christina Beijbom, Lars Beijbom | - | - |
| 4 | John Ekedahl | "Stanna du i dina drömmar" | John Ekedahl | - | - |
| 5 | Jessica Wimert | "Änglar" | Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik | - | - |
| 6 | Towe Jaarnek | "Ett liv med dig" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman,Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist | 46 | 2 |
| 7 | Jim Jidhed | "Kommer du ihåg mig?" | Peter Karlsson, Joakim Hagleitner | 45 | 3 |
| 8 | Carola | "Fångad av en stormvind" | Stephan Berg | 78 | 1 |
| 9 | Tove Naess | "Låt mig se ett under" | Stephan Berg | 29 | 5 |
| 10 | Sharon Dyall | "Ge mig ett svar" | Pål Svenre, Linus Bergström | - | - |
| Song | Luleå | Örebro | Umeå | Norrköping | Falun | Karlstad | Sundsvall | Växjö | Stockholm | Gothenburg | Malmö | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Annie" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| "Ett liv med dig" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 46 |
| "Kommer du ihåg mig?" | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 45 |
| "Fångad av en stormvind" | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 78 |
| "Låt mig se ett under" | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
One of the favourites to win, Carola sang eighth on the night of the contest, followingLuxembourg and precedingFrance. At the close of the voting, she had received 146 points, placing joint first place with France's "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" performed byAmina. After the four-way tie at the1969 contest, a tie-break system had been implemented, where a count-back on the number of top points awarded was used. Both countries received four 1st-place votes, but Sweden gained five 2nd-place votes versus two for France, making Sweden the winner. Carola earned the third ever victory for Sweden.[1]
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