seven wins!

Sweden at Eurovision

Sweden first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 and has entered 65 contests. It has won seven times: in 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015 and 2023. The contest has been held there seven times, most recently in Malmö in 2024.

65
contests: 7
wins: 7
hosted

first song: 1958
contests: 65
wins: 7 — 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023
second place: 1 — 1966
last place: 2 — 1963, 1977
nul points: 1963
in the final: 21 of 22 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in: Swedish (35), English (30), French (1), Finnish (1)
hosted: Stockholm 1975, Gothenburg 1985, Malmö 1992, Stockholm 2000, Malmö 2013, Stockholm 2016, Malmö 2024
not in the line-up: 1964, 1970, 1976

The seven wins

1974, Brighton
“Waterloo”

ABBA · 24 points
1984, Luxembourg City
“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley”

Herreys · 145 points
1991, Rome
“Fångad av en stormvind”

Carola · 146 points
1999, Jerusalem
“Take Me to Your Heaven”

Charlotte Nilsson · 163 points
2012, Baku
“Euphoria”

Loreen · 372 points
2015, Vienna
“Heroes”

Måns Zelmerlöw · 365 points
2023, Liverpool
“Tattoo”

Loreen · 583 points

Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.

Every song

All 66 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year	Artist	Song	Result	Points
2026 Vienna	Felicia	“My System” English	20th of 25	51
2025 Basel	KAJ	“Bara bada bastu” Swedish, Finnish	4th of 26	321
2024 Malmö	Marcus & Martinus	“Unforgettable” English	9th of 26	174
2023 Liverpool	Loreen	“Tattoo” English	winner!	583
2022 Turin	Cornelia Jakobs	“Hold Me Closer” English	4th of 25	438
2021 Rotterdam	Tusse	“Voices” English	14th of 26	109
2020 Rotterdam	The Mamas	“Move” English	Contest cancelled	—
2019 Tel Aviv	John Lundvik	“Too Late for Love” English	5th of 26	334
2018 Lisbon	Benjamin Ingrosso	“Dance You Off” English	7th of 26	274
2017 Kyiv	Robin Bengtsson	“I Can't Go On” English	5th of 26	344
2016 Stockholm	Frans	“If I Were Sorry” English	5th of 26	261
2015 Vienna	Måns Zelmerlöw	“Heroes” English	winner!	365
2014 Copenhagen	Sanna Nielsen	“Undo” English	3rd of 26	218
2013 Malmö	Robin Stjernberg	“You” English	14th of 26	62
2012 Baku	Loreen	“Euphoria” English	winner!	372
2011 Düsseldorf	Eric Saade	“Popular” English	3rd of 25	185
2010 Oslo	Anna Bergendahl	“This Is My Life” English	Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 17)	62
2009 Moscow	Malena Ernman	“La Voix” French, English	21st of 25	33
2008 Belgrade	Charlotte Perrelli	“Hero” English	18th of 25	47
2007 Helsinki	The Ark	“The Worrying Kind” English	18th of 24	51
2006 Athens	Carola	“Invincible” English	5th of 24	170
2005 Kyiv	Martin Stenmarck	“Las Vegas” English	19th of 24	30
2004 Istanbul	Lena Philipsson	“It Hurts” English	5th of 24	170
2003 Riga	Fame	“Give Me Your Love” English	5th of 26	107
2002 Tallinn	Afro-dite	“Never Let It Go” English	8th of 24	72
2001 Copenhagen	Friends	“Listen to Your Heartbeat” English	5th of 23	100
2000 Stockholm	Roger Pontare	“When Spirits Are Calling My Name” English	7th of 24	88
1999 Jerusalem	Charlotte Nilsson	“Take Me to Your Heaven” English	winner!	163
1998 Birmingham	Jill Johnson	“Kärleken är” Swedish	10th of 25	53
1997 Dublin	Blond	“Bara hon älskar mig” Swedish	14th of 25	36
1996 Oslo	One More Time	“Den vilda” Swedish	3rd of 23	100
1995 Dublin	Jan Johansen	“Se på mej” Swedish	3rd of 23	100
1994 Dublin	Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare	“Stjärnorna” Swedish	13th of 25	48
1993 Millstreet	Arvingarna	“Eloise” Swedish	7th of 25	89
1992 Malmö	Christer Björkman	“I morgon är en annan dag” Swedish	22nd of 23	9
1991 Rome	Carola	“Fångad av en stormvind” Swedish	winner!	146
1990 Zagreb	Edin-Ådahl	“Som en vind” Swedish	16th of 22	24
1989 Lausanne	Tommy Nilsson	“En dag” Swedish	4th of 22	110
1988 Dublin	Tommy Körberg	“Stad i ljus” Swedish	12th of 21	52
1987 Brussels	Lotta Engberg	“Boogaloo” Swedish	12th of 22	50
1986 Bergen	Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell	“E' de' det här du kallar kärlek” Swedish	5th of 20	78
1985 Gothenburg	Kikki Danielsson	“Bra vibrationer” Swedish	3rd of 19	103
1984 Luxembourg City	Herreys	“Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” Swedish	winner!	145
1983 Munich	Carola Häggkvist	“Främling” Swedish	3rd of 20	126
1982 Harrogate	Chips	“Dag efter dag” Swedish	8th of 18	67
1981 Dublin	Björn Skifs	“Fångad i en dröm” Swedish	10th of 20	50
1980 The Hague	Tomas Ledin	“Just nu” Swedish	10th of 19	47
1979 Jerusalem	Ted Gärdestad	“Satellit” Swedish	17th of 19	8
1978 Paris	Björn Skifs	“Det blir alltid värre framåt natten” Swedish	14th of 20	26
1977 London	Forbes	“Beatles” Swedish	18th of 18	2
1975 Stockholm	Lars Berghagen	“Jennie, Jennie” English	8th of 19	72
1974 Brighton	ABBA	“Waterloo” English	winner!	24
1973 Luxembourg City	The Nova	“You're Summer” English	5th of 17	94
1972 Edinburgh	The Family Four	“Härliga sommardag” Swedish	13th of 18	75
1971 Dublin	The Family Four	“Vita vidder” Swedish	6th of 18	85
1969 Madrid	Tommy Körberg	“Judy, min vän” Swedish	9th of 16	8
1968 London	Claes-Göran Hederström	“Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej” Swedish	5th of 17	15
1967 Vienna	Östen Warnerbring	“Som en dröm” Swedish	8th of 17	7
1966 Luxembourg City	Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson	“Nygammal vals” Swedish	2nd of 18	16
1965 Naples	Ingvar Wixell	“Absent Friend” English	10th of 18	6
1963 London	Monica Zetterlund	“En gång i Stockholm” Swedish	13th of 16	0
1962 Luxembourg City	Inger Berggren	“Sol och vår” Swedish	7th of 16	4
1961 Cannes	Lill-Babs	“April, april” Swedish	14th of 16	2
1960 London	Siw Malmkvist	“Alla andra får varann” Swedish	10th of 13	4
1959 Cannes	Brita Borg	“Augustin” Swedish	9th of 11	4
1958 Hilversum	Alice Babs	“Lilla stjärna” Swedish	4th of 10	10

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The seven acts Sweden has sent to more than one contest.

Carola Häggkvist 1983, 1991, 2006
Tommy Körberg 1969, 1988
Family Four 1971, 1972
Björn Skifs 1978, 1981
Roger Pontare 1994, 2000
Charlotte Perrelli 1999, 2008
Loreen 2012, 2023

Hosting

The seven contests held in Sweden.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Sweden, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

2026
- SVT1 Edward af Sillén
- Sveriges Radio P4 Carolina Norén
2025
- SVT1 (semi-finals) Edward af Sillén
- SVT1 (final) Edward af Sillén and Petra Mede
- SVT Play (final) Northern Sámi: Aslak Paltto and Inari Sámi: Heli Huovinen
- Sveriges Radio P4 Carolina Norén
2024
- SVT1 Swedish: Tina Mehrafzoon and Edward af Sillén
- SVT Play (final) Inari Sámi: Heli Huovinen and Northern Sámi: Aslak Paltto
- SR P4 Swedish: Carolina Norén
2023
- SVT1 Edward af Sillén
- SVT1 (final) Måns Zelmerlöw
- SVT24 Audio description: Annika Lundin
- SR P4 Carolina Norén
2022
- SVT1 (semi-finals) Edward af Sillén
- SVT1 (final) Edward af Sillén and Linnea Henriksson
- SVT24 Audio description: Annika Lundin
- SR P4 Carolina Norén
2021
- SVT1 Edward af Sillén and Christer Björkman
- SR P4 Carolina Norén
2019
- SVT1 Charlotte Perrelli and Edward af Sillén
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2018
- SVT1 Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén
2017
- SVT1 Måns Zelmerlöw and Edward af Sillén
- SR P4 Carolina Norén, Björn Kjellman and Ola Gäverth
2016
- SVT1 Lotta Bromé
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2015
- SVT1 Sanna Nielsen and Edward af Sillén
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland
2014
- SVT1 Malin Olsson and Edward af Sillén
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Ronnie Ritterland
2013
- SVT1 Josefine Sundström
- SR P4 Carolina Norén
- SR P4 (semi-finals) Ronnie Ritterland
- SR P4 (final) Björn Kjellman
2012
- SVT1 Gina Dirawi and Edward af Sillén
- SR P3 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2011
- SVT1 Hélène Benno and Edward af Sillén
2010
- SVT1 Christine Meltzer and Edward af Sillén
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2009
- SVT1 Shirley Clamp and Edward af Sillén
- SVT1 (semi-final 1) Arash
- SR Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2008
- SVT1 Kristian Luuk and Josef Sterzenbach
- SVT1 (final) Carl Bildt
- SR P4 (semi-final 2 and final) Carolina Norén
2007
- SVT1, SVT HD Kristian Luuk and Josef Sterzenbach
- SR Carolina Norén
2006
- SVT1 Pekka Heino
- SR P3 Carolina Norén
2005
- SVT1 Pekka Heino
- SR P4 Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén
2004
- SVT1 Pekka Heino
- SR P4 Björn Kjellman and Carolina Norén
2003
- SVT1 Pekka Heino
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2002
- SVT1 Claes Åkeson and Christer Björkman
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2001
- SVT1 Henrik Olsson
- SR P4 Carolina Norén and Björn Kjellman
2000
- SVT2 Pernilla Månsson Colt and Christer Lundh
- SR P4 Carolina Norén
1999
- SVT2 Pekka Heino and Anders Berglund
- SR P3 Carolina Norén
1998
- SVT2 Pernilla Månsson and Christer Björkman
- SR P4 Anna Hötzel and Claes-Johan Larsson
1997
- SVT2 Janne Jingryd
- SR P3 Claes-Johan Larsson and Susan Seidemar
1996
- SVT2 Björn Kjellman
- SR P3 Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén
1995
- TV2 Pernilla Månsson
- SR P3, SR P4 Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén
1994
- Kanal 1 Pekka Heino
- SR P3, SR P4 Claes-Johan Larsson and Lisa Syrén
1993
- TV2 Jan Jingryd
- SR P3 Claes-Johan Larsson and Susan Seidemar
1992
- TV2 Jesper Aspegren
- SR P3 Lotta Engberg and Kalle Oldby
1991
- TV2 Harald Treutiger
- SR P3 Rune Hallberg and Kalle Oldby
1990
- TV2 Jan Jingryd
- SR P3 Kersti Adams-Ray
1989
- Kanal 1 Jacob Dahlin
- SR P3 Kent Finell and Janeric Sundquist
1988
- TV2 Bengt Grafström
- SR P3 Kalle Oldby
1987
- TV1 Fredrik Belfrage
- SR P3 Jacob Dahlin
1986
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Jacob Dahlin
1985
- TV1 Fredrik Belfrage
- SR P3 Jan Ellerås and Rune Hallberg
1984
- TV1 Fredrik Belfrage
1983
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Kent Finell
1982
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Kent Finell
1981
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
1980
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Kent Finell
1979
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Kent Finell
1978
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Kent Finell
1977
- TV1 Ulf Elfving
- SR P3 Ursula Richter and Åke Strömmer
1976
- SR P3 Ursula Richter
1975
- TV1 Åke Strömmer
- SR P3 Ursula Richter
1974
- TV1 Johan Sandström
- SR P3 Ursula Richter
1973
- TV1 Alicia Lundberg
- SR P3 Ursula Richter
1972
- TV1 Bo Billtén
- SR P3 Björn Bjelfvenstam
1971
- TV1 Åke Strömmer
- SR P3 Ursula Richter
1969
- Sveriges TV, SR P3 Christina Hansegård
1968
- Sveriges TV Christina Hansegård
1967
- Sveriges TV, SR P3 Christina Hansegård
1966
- Sveriges TV, SR P1 Sven Lindahl
1965
- Sveriges TV, SR P1 Berndt Friberg
1964
- Sveriges TV Sven Lindahl
1963
- Sveriges TV, SR P1 Jörgen Cederberg
1962
- Sveriges TV, SR P1 Jan Gabrielsson
1961
- Sveriges TV, SR P1 Jan Gabrielsson
1960
- Sveriges TV, SR P2 Jan Gabrielsson
1959
- Sveriges TV, SR P1 Jan Gabrielsson
1958
- Sveriges TV Jan Gabrielsson
1957
- Sveriges TV (Göteborg) Nils Linnman

In our contest stories

Lines about Sweden from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

1974 Waterloo
It won with 24 votes, to 18 for Italy and 15 for the Netherlands. It was Sweden's first victory.
1975
ABBA had given Sweden its first contest, and Swedish television was not sure it wanted one.
1975 A reluctant host
No agreement came in time, and Sweden paid for everything.
1984 The result
Sweden won for the second time, ten years after ABBA.
1985
After the theatre in Luxembourg that had no room for an audience, Sweden went the other way.
1985 A presenter who sang
Lill Lindfors was a singer, and had finished second for Sweden in 1966.
1991 A show put together late
On the night the lighting failed during several songs, and the sound system in the hall cut out during Sweden's.
1991 Who was there
Carola, third for Sweden in 1983, was back.
1992
Sweden's third contest went to Malmö, to an ice hockey arena with about 3,700 people in it.
1992 The hosts
Sweden did not enjoy its own party.
1999 The result
Sweden won for the fourth time, 25 years after ABBA.
2012 The host under scrutiny
Sweden's Loreen met local human rights activists during contest week — the only performer who did — and told reporters afterwards that rights were violated in Azerbaijan every day and that people should not be silent about it.
2015 The result
Sweden's Måns Zelmerlöw won with "Heroes", on 365 points. It was Sweden's second victory in three years.
2015 The result
Sweden won the jury vote and came third with the public.
2023 The result
The public chose Finland: Käärijä's "Cha Cha Cha" won the televote, with Sweden second.
2023 The result
Added together, Sweden had 583 points and Finland 526.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Sweden was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.