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Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Countries

Sweden

Full name
Kingdom of Sweden
Capital
Stockholm
Participations
61
First participation
1958 (Alice Babs)
Broadcasters
SVT SR TV4

Sweden made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958. The country is known for the most successful Eurovision winners ever, ABBA, which was the first of Sweden’s victories in the competition. Sweden is one of the most successful countries in the Eurovision Song Contest with six victories to date, coming second behind Ireland's record-breaking seven wins.

Sweden first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 but it would take them until 1974 to win the competition when ABBA famously took the trophy with the song Waterloo, which became a global hit and an all-time Eurovision classic. While Sweden has finished last on 2 occasions, in 1963 and 1977, over the past decade the country has come to dominate the Contest.

Since the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals were introduced in 2004, Sweden has only once failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In 2010, Anna Bergendahl finished 11th in the semi-final and narrowly missed out on a place in the Grand Final with her song This Is My Life. Since then Sweden has only once been out of the top 5, in 2013, when the contest was hosted in the Swedish city of Malmö.

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most popular television programmes of the year in Sweden.


Cornelia Jakobs
Turin 2022

Cornelia Jakobs

Hold Me Closer

Participation history

Hilversum 1958
Alice Babs
Lilla Stjärna
Final
10 points 4th
Cannes 1959
Brita Borg
Augustin
Final
4 points 9th
London 1960
Siw Malmkvist
Alla Andra Får Varann
Final
4 points 10th
Cannes 1961
Lill-Babs
April, April
Final
2 points 14th
Luxembourg 1962
Inger Berggren
Sol Och Vår
Final
4 points 7th
London 1963
Monica Zetterlund
En Gång I Stockholm
Final
13th
Naples 1965
Ingvar Wixell
Absent Friend
Final
6 points 10th
Luxembourg 1966
Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson
Nygammal Vals Eller Hip Man Svinaherde
Final
16 points 2nd
Vienna 1967
Östen Warnebring
Som En Dröm
Final
7 points 8th
London 1968
Claes-Göran Hederström
Det Börjar Verka Kärlek, Banne Mej
Final
15 points 5th
Madrid 1969
Tommy Körberg
Judy, Min Vän
Final
8 points 9th
Dublin 1971
Family Four
Vita Vidder
Final
85 points 6th
Edinburgh 1972
Family Four
Härliga Sommardag
Final
75 points 13th
Luxembourg 1973
The Nova and The Dolls
You're Summer
Final
94 points 5th
Brighton 1974
ABBA
Waterloo YouTube
🏆
Final
24 points 1st
Stockholm 1975
Lars Berghagen and the Dolls
Jennie, Jennie
Final
72 points 8th
London 1977
Forbes
Beatles
Final
2 points 18th
Paris 1978
Björn Skifs
Det Blir Alltid Värre Framåt Natten
Final
26 points 14th
Jerusalem 1979
Ted Gärdestad
Satellit
Final
8 points 17th
The Hague 1980
Tomas Ledin
Just Nu!
Final
47 points 10th
Dublin 1981
Björn Skifs
Fångad I En Dröm
Final
50 points 10th
Harrogate 1982
Chips
Dag Efter Dag
Final
67 points 8th
Munich 1983
Carola Häggkvist
Främling
Final
126 points 3rd
Luxembourg 1984
Herrey's
Diggi-loo Diggy-ley
🏆
Final
145 points 1st
Gothenburg 1985
Kikki Danielsson
Bra Vibrationer
Final
103 points 3rd
Bergen 1986
Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell
E' De' Det Här Du Kallar Kärlek
Final
78 points 5th
Brussels 1987
Lotta Engberg
Boogaloo
Final
50 points 12th
Dublin 1988
Tommy Körberg
Stad I Ljus
Final
52 points 12th
Lausanne 1989
Tommy Nilsson
En Dag
Final
110 points 4th
Zagreb 1990
Edin-Ådahl
Som En Vind
Final
24 points 16th
Rome 1991
Carola
Fångad Av En Stormvind
🏆
Final
146 points 1st
Malmö 1992
Christer Björkman
I Morgon är En Annan Dag
Final
9 points 22nd
Millstreet 1993
Arvingarna
Eloïse
Final
89 points 7th
Dublin 1994
Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare
Stjärnorna
Final
48 points 13th
Dublin 1995
Jan Johansen
Se På Mej
Final
100 points 3rd
Oslo 1996
One More Time
Den Vilda
Final
100 points 3rd
Dublin 1997
Blond
Bara Hon älskar Mig
Final
36 points 14th
Birmingham 1998
Jill Johnson
Kärleken är
Final
53 points 10th
Jerusalem 1999
Charlotte Nilsson
Take Me To Your Heaven
🏆
Final
163 points 1st
Stockholm 2000
Roger Pontare
When Spirits Are Calling My Name
Final
88 points 7th
Copenhagen 2001
Friends
Listen To Your Heartbeat
Final
100 points 5th
Tallinn 2002
Afro-dite
Never Let It Go
Final
72 points 8th
Riga 2003
Fame
Give Me Your Love
Final
107 points 5th
Istanbul 2004
Lena Philipsson
It Hurts
Grand Final
170 points 5th
Kyiv 2005
Martin Stenmarck
Las Vegas
Grand Final
30 points 19th
Athens 2006
Carola
Invincible
qualified
Semi-Final
214 points 4th
Grand Final
170 points 5th
Helsinki 2007
The Ark
The Worrying Kind YouTube
Grand Final
51 points 18th
Belgrade 2008
Charlotte Perrelli
Hero YouTube
qualified
Second Semi-Final
54 points 10th
Grand Final
47 points 18th
Moscow 2009
Malena Ernman
La Voix
qualified
First Semi-Final
105 points 4th
Grand Final
33 points 21st
Oslo 2010
Anna Bergendahl
This Is My Life
Second Semi-Final
62 points 11th
Düsseldorf 2011
Eric Saade
Popular
qualified
Second Semi-Final
155 points 1st
Grand Final
185 points 3rd
Baku 2012
Loreen
Euphoria YouTube
qualified
Second Semi-Final
181 points 1st
🏆
Grand Final
372 points 1st
Malmö 2013
Robin Stjernberg
You YouTube
Grand Final
62 points 14th
Copenhagen 2014
Sanna Nielsen
Undo YouTube
qualified
First Semi-Final
131 points 2nd
Grand Final
218 points 3rd
Vienna 2015
Måns Zelmerlöw
Heroes YouTube
qualified
Second Semi-Final
217 points 1st
🏆
Grand Final
365 points 1st
Stockholm 2016
Frans
If I Were Sorry
Grand Final
261 points 5th
Kyiv 2017
Robin Bengtsson
I Can't Go On
qualified
First Semi-Final
227 points 3rd
Grand Final
344 points 5th
Lisbon 2018
Benjamin Ingrosso
Dance You Off YouTube
qualified
Second Semi-Final
254 points 2nd
Grand Final
274 points 7th
Tel Aviv 2019
John Lundvik
Too Late For Love YouTube
qualified
Second Semi-Final
238 points 3rd
Grand Final
334 points 5th
Rotterdam 2020
The Mamas
Move
Rotterdam 2021
Tusse
Voices
qualified
First Semi-Final
142 points 7th
Grand Final
109 points 14th
Turin 2022
Cornelia Jakobs
Hold Me Closer
qualified
Second Semi-Final
396 points 1st
Grand Final
438 points 4th

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