Sweden in EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Sweden** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Sweden was invited to participate in the first edition. They won the contest five times.

## History

Sweden debuted in the first edition. They directly announced that they would select a song in the Swedish language for their first participation. In their first appearance they finnished at the ninth place and in the next edition they just finished 10th. In the following two years they ended 6th and 5th. Due this good results, the interest of the Swedish broadcaster became higher. In the fifth edition they received 136 points, and became so for the first time the winner of the contest. The sixth edition was held in Sweden. There they performed a song in both Swedish and English. They only received 14 points. In own country they reached their worst result in the contest. The next edition, they did better than expected and ended in the fifth place. In the eigth edition, in Athens, Sweden won the again. This time with the song "Youniverse". They received 157 points, a record.

Because of their victory in the previous edition, they hosted the ninth edition. They chosed Gothenborg as hostcity. They finished sixth. In Amsterdam they were counted as possible winner. However, they finished at the 19th place, their worst place so far. In the next edition in Germany, they failed to qualify. In Zurich, Sweden was able to win the first semi final. In the final they received 155 points, and finished at the 4th place. In Israel, Sweden was one of the top favorites to win the show. in Their semi final they reached the second place. In the final it was very exiting during the voting. It was clear that Grmany or Sweden would win. At the end, Germany took the victory and Sweden ended at the second place. The next edition, in Berlin, Sweden was one of the favorites to win the show. However they won their semi final, they finish at the second place in the grand final. In Madrid, Sweden finished at the 20th place in the grand final. It was their worst result since the non-qualification in the eleventh edition. The next edition, they finished at the third place.

During the seventeenth edition, in Cologne, Sweden failed to qualify for the final. They finished at the 15th place. In Bucharest, Sweden was the top favorite to win the edition due the bookmakers. Sweden won this edition exactly ten edition after their previous victory. Sweden announced after their victorty, that they would host the nineteenth edition, in Stockholm. Sweden was one of the favorites to win, but at the end of the voting it was clear that Sweden finished at the third place. In Baku, Sweden finished at the fourth place. In Bulgaria, Sweden qualified for the final where they finished at the 12th place. It was the first time since their non-qualification that they finished out of the top ten. The next edition, Sweden was able to finish at the third place. In Bucharest, Sweden finished at the 16th place. The next edition, they finished at the 19th place.

The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Sweden took part and finished at the fourth place. The next edition, Sweden finished at the 11th place. In Warsaw, Sweden finished at the second place. The next edition, the country obtained a ninth place. In Geneva, Sweden finished at the fifth place. The ninth place was obtained in the 30th edition. The Swedish broadcaster selected Tusse to represent the country with the song "*Voices*". He was able to give Sweden its fourth victory in the history of the contest. Because of their victory, Sweden hosted the 32nd edition in Gothenburg. They selected a song in the Swedish language. They finished at the ninth place. They finished at the third place in the next edition.

Sweden participated in the 34th edition with Agnes. She finished at the 9th place. In Lviv, it was the first time since the 26th edition that they finished in the top ten. Eric Saade was selected to represent the nation for the fourth time. He was able to win the semi final and was the favorite to win the 36st edition. In the final he was the 14th to perform at the stage in Oslo. At the end of the voting, it was clear that Sweden took its fifth victory. It is the first nation to win five editions. Because of their victory, Sweden hosted the contest for the fifth time. It was the first time a country hosted the contest five editions. They finished at the 14th place. In the 38th edition there were three main favorites. Ireland, Sweden and the hosting nation Greece. Both Ireland and Sweden won their semi final while Greece was qualified automatically because they hosted this years edition. In the grand final, Greece received the most amounth of points and won the edition while Sweden finished at the second place.

In the 39th edition, Sweden finished at the 15th place. Another Swedish succes was achievedby Dotter in the 40th edition. She finished at the second place in the grand final. The Swedish broadcaster selected a song in the Swedish language for the 41st edition. Their entry finished at the fourth place.

Alongside Germany and the UK, Sweden participated in every edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest.

## Hostings

 09 |  Gothenborg
 19 |  Stockholm
 32 |  Gothenborg
 37 |  Stockholm

## See also

* Sweden in EuroMusic Dance Contest
* Sweden in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest