12, 14 & 16 May 2020

Sweden

Full name: Kingdom of Sweden
Capital: Stockholm

Sweden

Participations: 59
First participation: 1958 (Alice Babs)
Victories: 1974 (ABBA) 1991 (Carola) 1999 (Charlotte Nilsson) 1984 (Herrey's) 2012 (Loreen) 2015 (Måns Zelmerlöw)
Hosts: Stockholm 2016 Malmö 2013 Stockholm 2000 Malmö 1992 Gothenburg 1985 Stockholm 1975
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 has been in the top five countries in four of the last five contests including two victories in 2012 and 2015.

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. Whilst Sweden has finished last on two 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 five, 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.

qualifier

Tel Aviv 2019

John Lundvik

Too Late For Love

Participation history

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