Countries Sweden

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.

Participation history

Event	Contestant	Song	Place
Turin 2022	Cornelia Jakobs	Hold Me Closer	Semi-Final 1st - 396 points	Grand Final 4th - 438 points
Rotterdam 2021	Tusse	Voices	Semi-Final 7th - 142 points	Grand Final 14th - 109 points
Rotterdam 2020	The Mamas	Move
Tel Aviv 2019	John Lundvik	Too Late For Love	Semi-Final 3rd - 238 points	Grand Final 5th - 334 points
Lisbon 2018	Benjamin Ingrosso	Dance You Off	Semi-Final 2nd - 254 points	Grand Final 7th - 274 points
Kyiv 2017	Robin Bengtsson	I Can't Go On	Semi-Final 3rd - 227 points	Grand Final 5th - 344 points
Stockholm 2016	Frans	If I Were Sorry		Grand Final 5th - 261 points
Vienna 2015	Måns Zelmerlöw	Heroes	Semi-Final 1st - 217 points	Grand Final 1st - 365 points
Copenhagen 2014	Sanna Nielsen	Undo	Semi-Final 2nd - 131 points	Grand Final 3rd - 218 points
Malmö 2013	Robin Stjernberg	You		Grand Final 14th - 62 points
Baku 2012	Loreen	Euphoria	Semi-Final 1st - 181 points	Grand Final 1st - 372 points
Düsseldorf 2011	Eric Saade	Popular	Semi-Final 1st - 155 points	Grand Final 3rd - 185 points
Oslo 2010	Anna Bergendahl	This Is My Life	Semi-Final 11th - 62 points
Moscow 2009	Malena Ernman	La Voix	Semi-Final 4th - 105 points	Grand Final 21st - 33 points
Belgrade 2008	Charlotte Perrelli	Hero	Semi-Final 10th - 54 points	Grand Final 18th - 47 points
Helsinki 2007	The Ark	The Worrying Kind		Grand Final 18th - 51 points
Athens 2006	Carola	Invincible	Semi-Final 4th - 214 points	Grand Final 5th - 170 points
Kyiv 2005	Martin Stenmarck	Las Vegas		Grand Final 19th - 30 points
Istanbul 2004	Lena Philipsson	It Hurts		Grand Final 5th - 170 points
Riga 2003	Fame	Give Me Your Love		Grand Final 5th - 107 points
Tallinn 2002	Afro-dite	Never Let It Go		Grand Final 8th - 72 points
Copenhagen 2001	Friends	Listen To Your Heartbeat		Grand Final 5th - 100 points
Stockholm 2000	Roger Pontare	When Spirits Are Calling My Name		Grand Final 7th - 88 points
Jerusalem 1999	Charlotte Nilsson	Take Me To Your Heaven		Grand Final 1st - 163 points
Birmingham 1998	Jill Johnson	Kärleken är		Grand Final 10th - 53 points
Dublin 1997	Blond	Bara Hon älskar Mig		Grand Final 14th - 36 points
Oslo 1996	One More Time	Den Vilda		Grand Final 3rd - 100 points
Dublin 1995	Jan Johansen	Se På Mej		Grand Final 3rd - 100 points
Dublin 1994	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare	Stjärnorna		Grand Final 13th - 48 points
Millstreet 1993	Arvingarna	Eloïse		Grand Final 7th - 89 points
Malmö 1992	Christer Björkman	I Morgon är En Annan Dag		Grand Final 22nd - 9 points
Rome 1991	Carola	Fångad Av En Stormvind		Grand Final 1st - 146 points
Zagreb 1990	Edin-Ådahl	Som En Vind		Grand Final 16th - 24 points
Lausanne 1989	Tommy Nilsson	En Dag		Grand Final 4th - 110 points
Dublin 1988	Tommy Körberg	Stad I Ljus		Grand Final 12th - 52 points
Brussels 1987	Lotta Engberg	Boogaloo		Grand Final 12th - 50 points
Bergen 1986	Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell	E' De' Det Här Du Kallar Kärlek		Grand Final 5th - 78 points
Gothenburg 1985	Kikki Danielsson	Bra Vibrationer		Grand Final 3rd - 103 points
Luxembourg 1984	Herrey's	Diggi-loo Diggy-ley		Grand Final 1st - 145 points
Munich 1983	Carola Häggkvist	Främling		Grand Final 3rd - 126 points
Harrogate 1982	Chips	Dag Efter Dag		Grand Final 8th - 67 points
Dublin 1981	Björn Skifs	Fångad I En Dröm		Grand Final 10th - 50 points
The Hague 1980	Tomas Ledin	Just Nu!		Grand Final 10th - 47 points
Jerusalem 1979	Ted Gärdestad	Satellit