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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. 

Facts

First participation

Victories

1999 (Charlotte Nilsson)

2012 (Loreen)

2015 (Måns Zelmerlöw)

Hosts

The basics

Full country name

Kingdom of Sweden

Capital

Stockholm

Featured participant

Sweden

Benjamin Ingrosso

Lisbon 2018

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

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. 

The basics

Full country name

Kingdom of Sweden

Capital

Stockholm

Facts

First participation

Victories

1999 (Charlotte Nilsson)

2012 (Loreen)

2015 (Måns Zelmerlöw)

Hosts

Featured participant

Sweden

Benjamin Ingrosso

Lisbon 2018

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

The basics

Full country name

Kingdom of Sweden

Capital

Stockholm

Facts

First participation

Victories

1999 (Charlotte Nilsson)

2012 (Loreen)

2015 (Måns Zelmerlöw)

Hosts

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. 

Featured participant

Sweden

Benjamin Ingrosso

Lisbon 2018

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

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