Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

  • Björn Skifs
  • Bengt Palmers
Finals performanceFinal result10th, 50 pointsSweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1980 • 1981 • 1982►

Sweden chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in the national selection Melodifestivalen 1981. After a tight race, the winner was a song called "Fångad i en dröm", which was performed by Björn Skifs. Björn was also the Swedish representative in the 1978 contest, and had written the song together with Bengt Palmers.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1981

Melodifestivalen 1981 was the selection for the 21st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 20th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 21 February 1981, presented by Janne Loffe Carlsson and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. It was the second time that Lasse Holm and Kikki Danielsson had been beaten into second place by Björn Skifs, after 1978.

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1 Janne Lucas Persson "Rocky Mountain" Janne Lucas Persson, Göran Ledstedt 50 3rd
2 Anders Glenmark "Det är mitt liv - det är jag" Anders Glenmark 41 4th
3 Kicki Moberg "Men natten är vår" Agnetha Fältskog, Ingela "Pling" Forsman 28 5th
4 Björn Skifs "Fångad i en dröm" Björn Skifs, Bengt Palmers 59 1st
5 Sweets 'n' Chips "God morgon" Lasse Holm, Torgny Söderberg 57 2nd

Voting

Song
Falun
Gothenburg
Karlstad
Luleå
Malmö
Norrköping
Sundsvall
Umeå
Växjö
Örebro
Stockholm
Total score
"Rocky Mountain" 8 4 4 6 4 6 6 4 4 2 2 50
"Det är mitt liv - det är jag" 4 6 8 1 2 2 2 6 1 1 8 41
"Men natten är vår" 1 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 2 4 6 28
"Fångad i en dröm" 6 8 6 8 8 4 1 2 6 6 4 59
"God morgon" 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 8 8 8 1 57

At Eurovision

At the contest, this year held in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden was drawn #20, at the very end of the start field. The song earned maximum points from France and 10 points from Germany, and finally ended up 10th with 50 points.[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2]
Score Country
12 points  France
10 points  Germany
8 points
7 points  Yugoslavia
6 points  Norway
5 points  Denmark
4 points  Belgium
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Sweden[2]
Score Country
12 points  Germany
10 points  France
8 points  United Kingdom
7 points  Ireland
6 points  Finland
5 points  Luxembourg
4 points  Denmark
3 points  Israel
2 points  Austria
1 point   Switzerland

References

  1. ^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

  • TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
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Countries
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Songs
  • "Aldri i livet"
  • "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"
  • "Dönme Dolap"
  • "Fångad i en dröm"
  • "Feggari kalokerino"
  • "Halayla"
  • "Het is een wonder"
  • "Horoscopes"
  • "Humanahum"
  • "Io senza te"
  • "Johnny Blue"
  • "Krøller eller ej"
  • "Lejla"
  • "Making Your Mind Up"
  • "Monika"
  • "Playback"
  • "Reggae OK"
  • "Samson"
  • "Wenn du da bist"
  • "Y sólo tú"