Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

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**Sweden**

Member station	Sveriges Television, Sveriges Radio
National selection event(s)	Melodifestivalen
Appearances	46
First appearance	1958
Best result	1st, 1974,1984,1991,1999
Worst result	last, 1963 & 1977

Carola

Kikki Danielsson

Sweden debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958. The years 1964, 1970 and 1976 they did not partipicate, so Sweden has partipicated 46 times. The Swedish national selection is called Melodifestivalen and is broadcast by SVT. It is the most popular TV show in Sweden and 46 % of the population watched it in 2006. The Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 was seen by 70 % of the population, while in 2006 80% of the viewing public that night watched the Eurovision. Their first win was in 1974 when ABBA won with "Waterloo". Ten years later, in 1984, The Herrey brothers won with "Diggiloo-Diggiley". In 1991, Carola won with the song "Fångad av en stormvind", and the latest victory was in 1999 with "Take me to your heaven" sung by Charlotte Nilsson.

Sweden is generally considered to take the Eurovision very seriously indeed, and this is reflected in their consistently good results. They have scored 2 795 points over the years, this is the third highest amount. In difference of other traditionally successfull Eurovision countries, such as United Kingdom and France, they haven't had repeating fiasko reults during the 21th century, but managed to take four Top 5-results these years.

On October 22, 2005, in the celebration The 50th Anniversary Contest "Waterloo" of ABBA was chosen as the favorite Eurovision song of all time.

1 Best results
2 Hostings
3 Voting history
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Best results

Year	Artist	Song	Placement
1974	ABBA	Waterloo	1st
1984	Herreys	Diggi-loo diggi-ley	1st
1991	Carola	Fångad av en stormvind	1st
1999	Charlotte Nilsson	Take me to your heaven	1st
1966	Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson	Nygammal vals	2nd
1983	Carola	Främling	3rd
1985	Kikki Danielsson	Bra vibrationer	3rd
1995	Jan Johansen	Se på mig	3rd
1996	One More Time	Den vilda	3rd
1958	Alice Babs	Lilla stjärna	4th
1989	Tommy Nilsson	En dag	4th
1968	Claes Göran Hederström	Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej	5th
1973	Nova & the Dolls	Sommaren som aldrig säger nej	5th
1986	Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm	E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?	5th
2001	Friends	Listen to Your Heartbeat	5th
2003	Fame	Give Me Your Love	5th
2004	Lena Philipsson	It Hurts	5th
2006	Carola	Invincible	5th

[edit] Hostings

Year	City	Venue	Presenter
Eurovision Song Contest 1975	Stockholm	Stockholmsmässan	Karin Falck
Eurovision Song Contest 1985	Göteborg	Scandinavium	Lill Lindfors
Eurovision Song Contest 1992	Malmö	Malmömässan	Lydia Capolicchio, Harald Treutiger
Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Stockholm	Globe Arena	Kattis Ahlström, Anders Lundin