List of Melodifestivalen winners
This article lists the songs and artists that have won Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. There was no competition in 1964, 1970, and 1976. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, 2020 marked the first year that the winning song of Melodifestivalen ("Move" performed by The Mamas) was unable to compete in that year's Eurovision Song Contest.
List of winners
| # | Winner |
| † | Second place |
| ‡ | Third place |
| ◁ | Last place |
X
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Did not compete at the Eurovision Song Contest |
| Year | Final date | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Result in Eurovision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959
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29 January | " Augustin "
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Siw Malmkvist | Åke Gerhard, Harry Sandin | 9th (performed by Brita Borg)[a] |
1960
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2 February | " Alla andra får varann "
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Östen Warnerbring/Inger Berggren | Åke Gerhard, Ulf Kjellqvist | 10th (performed by Siw Malmkvist)[a] |
1961
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6 February | " April, april "
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Siw Malmkvist/Gunnar Wiklund | Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby | 14th (performed by Lill-Babs)[a] |
1962
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13 February | " Sol och vår "
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Inger Berggren/Lily Berglund | Åke Gerhard, Ulf Kjellqvist | 7th |
1963
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16 February | " En gång i Stockholm "
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Monica Zetterlund/Carli Tornehave | Bobbie Ericson, Beppe Wolgers | 13th |
1965
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13 February | " Annorstädes vals "
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Ingvar Wixell | Dag Wirén, Alf Henrikson | 10th (as "Absent Friends") |
1966
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29 January | " Nygammal vals "
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Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson | Bengt Arne Wallin, Björn Lindroth | 2nd |
1967
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24 February | " Som en dröm "
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Östen Warnerbring | Curt Petterson, Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg | 8th |
1968
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9 March | " Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig "
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Claes-Göran Hederström | Peter Himmelstrand | 5th |
1969
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1 March | " Judy, min vän "
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Tommy Körberg | Roger Wallis, Britt Lindeborg | 9th |
1971
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27 February | " Vita vidder "
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Family Four | Håkan Elmquist | 6th |
1972
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12 February | " Härliga sommardag "
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Family Four | Håkan Elmquist | 13th |
1973
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10 February | " Sommaren som aldrig säger nej "
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Malta[b] | Monica Dominique, Carl-Axel Dominique, Lars Forssell | 5th (as "You're Summer") |
1974
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9 February | " Waterloo "
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ABBA | Stikkan Andersson
|
1st |
1975
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15 February | " Jennie, Jennie "
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Lasse Berghagen | Lasse Berghagen | 8th |
1977
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26 February | " Beatles "
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Forbes | Claes Bure, Sven-Olof Bagge | 18th |
1978
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11 February | " Det blir alltid värre framåt natten "
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Björn Skifs | Peter Himmelstrand | 14th |
1979
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17 February | "Satellit" | Ted Gärdestad | Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad | 17th |
1980
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8 March | "Just nu!" | Tomas Ledin | Tomas Ledin | 10th |
1981
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21 February | "Fångad i en dröm" | Björn Skifs | Björn Skifs, Bengt Palmers | 10th |
1982
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27 February | "Dag efter dag" | Chips | Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg | 8th |
1983
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26 February | "Främling" | Carola Häggkvist | Monica Forsberg, Lasse Holm | 3rd |
1984
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25 February | "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" | Herreys | Britt Lindeborg, Torgny Söderberg | 1st |
1985
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2 March | "Bra vibrationer" | Kikki Danielsson | Ingela Forsman, Lasse Holm | 3rd |
1986
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22 March | " E' de' det här du kallar kärlek? "
|
Lasse Holm & Monica Törnell | Lasse Holm | 5th |
1987
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21 February | " Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola "
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Lotta Engberg | Mikael Wendt, Christer Lundh | 12th (as "Boogaloo")[c] |
1988
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27 February | " Stad i ljus "
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Tommy Körberg | Py Bäckman | 12th |
1989
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11 March | " En dag "
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Tommy Nilsson | Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson, Alexander Bard
|
4th |
1990
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9 March | " Som en vind "
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Edin-Ådahl | Mikael Wendt | 16th |
1991
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31 March | "Fångad av en stormvind" | Carola Häggkvist | Stephan Berg | 1st |
1992
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14 March | " I morgon är en annan dag "
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Christer Björkman | Niklas Strömstedt | 22nd |
1993
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5 March | "Eloise" | Arvingarna | Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand | 7th |
1994
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12 March | " Stjärnorna "
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Roger Pontare & Marie Bergman | Peter Bertilsson, Mikael Littwold | 13th |
1995
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24 February | "Se på mig" | Jan Johansen | Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist | 3rd |
1996
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24 February | "Den vilda" | One More Time | Peter Grönvall
|
3rd |
1997
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8 March | " Bara hon älskar mig "
|
Blond
|
Stephan Berg | 14th |
1998
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14 March | "Kärleken är" | Jill Johnson | Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist | 10th |
1999
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27 February | "Tusen och en natt" | Charlotte Nilsson | Gert Lengstrand, Lars Diedricsson | 1st (as "Take Me to Your Heaven") |
2000
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10 March | "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" | Roger Pontare | Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson, Peter Dahl | 7th (as "When Spirits Are Calling My Name") |
2001
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23 February | "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" | Friends
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Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson | 5th (as "Listen To Your Heartbeat") |
| 2002 | 1 March | "Never Let It Go" | Afro-Dite | Marcos Ubeda | 8th |
| 2003 | 15 March | "Give Me Your Love" | Fame | Calle Kindbom, Carl Lösnitz | 5th |
| 2004 | 20 March | " Det gör ont "
|
Lena Philipsson | Thomas Eriksson | 5th (as "It Hurts") |
| 2005 | 12 March | "Las Vegas" | Martin Stenmarck | Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren | 19th |
| 2006 | 18 March | "Evighet" | Carola | Carola, Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G:son, Henrik Wikström | 5th (as "Invincible") |
| 2007 | 10 March | "The Worrying Kind" | The Ark | Ola Salo | 18th |
| 2008 | 15 March | "Hero" | Charlotte Perrelli | Bobby Ljunggren, Fredrik Kempe | 18th |
| 2009 | 14 March | "La Voix" | Malena Ernman | Fredrik Kempe, Malena Ernman | 21st |
| 2010 | 13 March | "This Is My Life" | Anna Bergendahl | Bobby Ljunggren, Kristian Lagerström | SF 11 |
| 2011 | 12 March | "Popular" | Eric Saade | Fredrik Kempe | 3rd |
| 2012 | 10 March | "Euphoria" | Loreen | Thomas G:son, Peter Boström | 1st |
| 2013 | 9 March | "You" | Robin Stjernberg | Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Joakim Harestad Haukaas | 14th |
| 2014 | 8 March | "Undo" | Sanna Nielsen | Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah | 3rd |
| 2015 | 14 March | "Heroes" | Måns Zelmerlöw | Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
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1st |
| 2016 | 12 March | "If I Were Sorry" | Frans
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Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson, Frans Jeppsson-Wall | 5th |
| 2017 | 11 March | "I Can't Go On" | Robin Bengtsson | David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, Robin Stjernberg | 5th |
| 2018 | 10 March | "Dance You Off" | Benjamin Ingrosso | Benjamin Ingrosso, MAG, Louis Schoorl, K Nita | 7th |
| 2019 | 9 March | "Too Late For Love" | John Lundvik | John Lundvik, Anderz Wrethov, Andreas Stone Johansson | 5th |
| 2020 | 7 March | "Move" | The Mamas | Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean, Herman Gardarfve | Contest cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | 13 March | "Voices" | Tusse | Anderz Wrethov, Jimmy Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb | 14th |
| 2022 | 12 March | "Hold Me Closer" | Cornelia Jakobs | Isa Molin, David Zandén, Cornelia Jakobsdotter | 4th |
| 2023 | 11 March | "Tattoo" | Loreen | Jimmy Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Lorine Talhaoui, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, Thomas G:son | 1st |
| 2024 | 9 March | "Unforgettable" | Marcus & Martinus | Jimmy Thörnfeldt, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Marcus Gunnarsen, Martinis Gunnarsen | TBD |
Notes
- ^ a b c The Swedish Eurovision singers in 1959, 1960 and 1961 were chosen internally by SVT, the songs were performed by different singers at Melodifestivalen.
- ^ The band's name was changed to "Nova" for Eurovision in order to avoid confusion between the band and the country of the same name.
- ^ The song's title was changed to "Boogaloo" for Eurovision to avoid using a brand name.
References
- Melodifestival-vinnare (in Swedish). SVT.se. Retrieved on 16 August 2008.