Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1991
Selection date(s)31 March 1991
Selected entrantCarola
Selected song"Fångad av en stormvind"
Selected songwriter(s)Stephan Berg
Finals performance
Final result1st, 146 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1990 1991 1992►

Sweden entered and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, held in Rome, Italy.

Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television continued using their successful Melodifestivalen contest to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen 1991 was held on 31 March, where ten artists competed to sing for Sweden.

Carola Häggkvist won the competition after competing for her second time, having come third in 1983. She sang the song "Fångad av en stormvind".

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1991

Melodifestivalen 1991 was the selection for the 31st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 30th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Malmö Stadsteater in Malmö on 31 March 1991, presented by Harald Treutiger and was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. Carola Häggkvist went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Rome, Sweden's third Eurovision win. The show was watched by 5,880,000 people.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1Laila Dahl"Annie"Arne Höglund334th
2Pernilla Wahlgren"Tvillingsjäl"Lena Philipsson--
3Diana Nuñez"Kärlekens dans"Christina Beijbom, Lars Beijbom--
4John Ekedahl"Stanna du i dina drömmar"John Ekedahl--
5Jessica Wimert"Änglar"Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik--
6Towe Jaarnek"Ett liv med dig"Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist462nd
7Jim Jidhed"Kommer du ihåg mig?"Peter Karlsson, Joakim Hagleitner453rd
8Carola"Fångad av en stormvind"Stephan Berg781st
9Tove Naess"Låt mig se ett under"Stephan Berg295th
10Sharon Dyall"Ge mig ett svar"Pål Svenre, Linus Bergström--

Voting

Song
Luleå
Örebro
Umeå
Norrköping
Falun
Karlstad
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Malmö
Total score
"Annie"4662141212433
"Ett liv med dig"2128662486146
"Kommer du ihåg mig?"6286226124645
"Fångad av en stormvind"8844888868878
"Låt mig se ett under"1411414641229

At Eurovision

One of the favourites to win, Carola sang eighth on the night of the contest, following Luxembourg and preceding France. At the close of the voting, she had received 146 points, placing joint 1st place with France's Amina. After the four-way tie at the 1969 contest, a tie-break system had been implemented, where a count-back on the number of top points awarded was used. Both countries received four 1st-place votes, but Sweden gained five 2nd-place votes versus two for France, making Sweden the winner. Carola earned Sweden's third ever victory.[1]

Voting

References

  1. "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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