Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Participating broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1981
Selection date(s)21 February 1981
Selected artist(s)Björn Skifs
Selected song"Fångad i en dröm"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Björn Skifs
  • Bengt Palmers
Finals performance
Final result10th, 50 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1980 • 1981 • 1982►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song Fångad i en dröm, written by Björn Skifs and Bengt Palmers, and performed by Skifs himself. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1981. Skifs had previously represented Sweden in 1978.

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 Sveriges Television (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
"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

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.