Sweden has participated in the Contest 61 times since their debut in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 in Hilversum with the song "Lilla stjärna" by Alice Babs. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. The country has not participated three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 - but since 1977 has participated each year.
They have won the Contest seven times: in 1974 with "Waterloo" by ABBA, in 1984 with "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys, in 1991 with "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola, in 1999 with "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with "Euphoria" by Loreen, in 2015 with "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw and "Tattoo" by Loreen, thus equaling Ireland's record number of victories and making the latter the first woman to win twice for her home country as well as the second competitor to win the Contest twice after Johnny Logan.
Since the introduction of the semi finals in 2004, the country has only failed once to appear in the final - in 2010 when Anna Bergendahl finished in 11th place, missing out on the final by just five points. It was also the first time the country had not appeared in the final since 1976.
It made its debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, finishing in 15th place - a result it achieved at the following two Contests - before achieving its best result at the 2006 Contest in Bucharest with a 3rd place finish. It continued to participate until the 2014 Contest and following this it announced its withdrawal for the first time since the 2008 Contest. Although they previously announced their intention to return, so far this has not happened.
Participants[]
Eurovision Song Contest[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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1958 | Alice Babs | "Lilla stjärna" | Swedish | Little star | 4 | 10 | No semi-finals | |
1959 | Brita Borg | "Augustin" | Augustine | 9 | 4 | |||
1960 | Siw Malmkvist | "Alla andra får varann" | All the others get each other | 10 | 4 | |||
1961 | Lill-Babs | "April, april" | - | 14 | 2 | |||
1962 | Inger Berggren | "Sol och vår" | Sun and Spring | 7 | 4 | |||
1963 | Monica Zetterlund | "En gång i Stockholm" | Once upon a time in Stockholm | 13 | 0 | |||
Did not participate in 1964 | ||||||||
1965 | Ingvar Wixell | "Absent Friend" | English | - | 10 | 6 | No semi-finals | |
1966 | Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson | "Nygammal vals" | Swedish | New old-fashioned waltz | 2 | 16 | ||
1967 | Östen Warnerbring | "Som en dröm" | Like a dream | 8 | 7 | |||
1968 | Claes-Göran Hederström | "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej" | It's beginning to look like love, darn it | 5 | 15 | |||
1969 | Tommy Körberg | "Judy, min vän" | Judy, my friend | 9 | 8 | |||
Did not participate in 1970 | ||||||||
1971 | Family Four | "Vita vidder" | Swedish | White sceneries | 6 | 85 | No semi-finals | |
1972 | "Härliga sommardag" | Lovely summer day | 13 | 75 | ||||
1973 | The Nova | "You're Summer" | English | - | 5 | 94 | ||
1974 | ABBA | "Waterloo" | - | 1 | 24 | |||
1975 | Lars & The Dolls | "Jennie, Jennie" | - | 8 | 72 | Host country | ||
Did not participate in 1976 | ||||||||
1977 | Forbes | "Beatles" | Swedish | - | 18 | 2 | No semi-finals | |
1978 | Björn Skifs | "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" | It always gets worse by night | 14 | 26 | |||
1979 | Ted Gärdestad | "Satellit" | Satellite | 17 | 8 | |||
1980 | Tomas Ledin | "Just nu!" | Right now! | 10 | 47 | |||
1981 | Björn Skifs | "Fångad i en dröm" | Captured in a dream | 10 | 50 | |||
1982 | Chips | "Dag efter dag" | Day after day | 8 | 67 | |||
1983 | Carola | "Främling" | Stranger | 3 | 126 | |||
1984 | Herreys | "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" | - | 1 | 145 | |||
1985 | Kikki Danielsson | "Bra vibrationer" | Good vibrations | 3 | 103 | Host country | ||
1986 | Lasse Holm & Monica Törnell | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | Is this what you call love? | 5 | 78 | No semi-finals | ||
1987 | Lotta Engberg | "Boogaloo" | - | 12 | 50 | |||
1988 | Tommy Körberg | "Stad i ljus" | City of light | 12 | 52 | |||
1989 | Tommy Nilsson | "En dag" | One day | 4 | 110 | |||
1990 | Edin-Ådahl | "Som en vind" | Like a wind | 16 | 24 | |||
1991 | Carola | "Fångad av en stormvind" | Captured by a love wind | 1 | 146 | |||
1992 | Christer Björkman | "I morgon är en annan dag" | Tomorrow will be another day | 22 | 9 | Host country | ||
1993 | Arvingarna | "Eloise" | - | 7 | 89 | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | ||
1994 | Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare | "Stjärnorna" | The stars | 13 | 48 | No semi-finals | ||
1995 | Jan Johansen | "Se på mig" | Look at me | 3 | 100 | |||
1996 | One More Time | "Den vilda" | The wild one | 3 | 100 | 1 | 227 | |
1997 | Blond | "Bara hon älskar mig" | If only she loves me | 14 | 36 | No semi-finals | ||
1998 | Jill Johnson | "Kärleken är" | Eternal love | 10 | 53 | |||
1999 | Charlotte Nilsson | "Take Me to Your Heaven" | English | - | 1 | 163 | ||
2000 | Roger Pontare | "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" | - | 7 | 88 | Host country | ||
2001 | Friends | "Listen to Your Heartbeat" | - | 5 | 100 | No semi-finals | ||
2002 | Afro-dite | "Never Let It Go" | - | 8 | 72 | |||
2003 | Fame | "Give Me Your Love" | - | 5 | 107 | |||
2004 | Lena Philipsson | "It Hurts" | - | 5 | 170 | Top 11 Previous Year | ||
2005 | Martin Stenmarck | "Las Vegas" | - | 19 | 30 | Top 12 Previous Year | ||
2006 | Carola | "Invincible" | - | 5 | 170 | 4 | 214 | |
2007 | The Ark | "The Worrying Kind" | - | 18 | 51 | Top 10 Previous Year | ||
2008 | Charlotte Perrelli | "Hero" | - | 18 | 47 | 12 | 54 | |
2009 | Malena Ernman | "La voix" | French, English | The voice | 21 | 33 | 4 | 105 |
2010 | Anna Bergendahl | "This Is My Life" | English | - | Failed to qualify | 11 | 62 | |
2011 | Eric Saade | "Popular" | - | 3 | 185 | 1 | 155 | |
2012 | Loreen | "Euphoria" | - | 1 | 372 | 1 | 181 | |
2013 | Robin Stjernberg | "You" | - | 14 | 62 | Host country | ||
2014 | Sanna Nielsen | "Undo" | - | 3 | 218 | 2 | 131 | |
2015 | Måns Zelmerlöw | "Heroes" | - | 1 | 365 | 1 | 217 | |
2016 | Frans | "If I Were Sorry" | - | 5 | 261 | Host country | ||
2017 | Robin Bengtsson | "I Can't Go On" | - | 5 | 344 | 3 | 227 | |
2018 | Benjamin Ingrosso | "Dance You Off" | - | 7 | 274 | 2 | 254 | |
2019 | John Lundvik | "Too Late for Love" | - | 5 | 334 | 3 | 238 | |
2020 | The Mamas | "Move" | - | Cancelled | ||||
2021 | Tusse | "Voices" | - | 14 | 109 | 7 | 142 | |
2022 | Cornelia Jakobs | "Hold Me Closer" | - | 4 | 438 | 1 | 396 | |
2023 | Loreen | "Tattoo" | - | 1 | 583 | 2 | 135 | |
2024 | Marcus & Martinus | "Unforgettable" | - | Host country |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | |
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2003 | The Honeypies | "Stoppa mig!" | Swedish | Stop me | 15 | 12 | |
2004 | Limelights | "Varför jag?" | Why me? | 15 | 8 | ||
2005 | M+ | "Gränslös kärlek" | Unconditional love | 15 | 22 | ||
2006 | Molly Sandén | "Det finaste någon kan få" | The finest anyone can get | 3 | 116 | ||
2007 | Frida Sandén | "Nu eller aldrig" | Now or never | 8 | 83 | ||
Did not participate in 2008 | |||||||
2009 | Mimmi Sandén | "Du" | Swedish | You | 6 | 68 | |
2010 | Josefine Ridell | "Allt jag vill ha" | Everything I want | 11 | 48 | ||
2011 | Erik Rapp | "Faller" | Falling | 9 | 57 | ||
2012 | Lova Sönnerbo | "Mitt mod" | My courage | 6 | 70 | ||
2013 | Elias | "Det är dit vi ska" | That's where we're going | 9 | 46 | ||
2014 | Julia Kedhammar | "Du är inte ensam" | Swedish, English | You're not alone | 13 | 28 | |
Has not participated from 2015 to present |
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest[]
Performer(s) | Song | Position | Points | Year | Final | Points |
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ABBA | "Waterloo" | 1 | 329 | 1974 | 1 | 24 |
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