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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Participating broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1986
Selection date(s)22 March 1986
Selected artist(s)Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell
Selected song"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
Selected songwriter(s)Lasse Holm
Finals performance
Final result5th, 78 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?", written by Lasse Holm, and performed by Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1986.

Before Eurovision

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Melodifestivalen 1986

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Melodifestivalen 1986 was the contest for the 26th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. 90 songs had been submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition; 10 of these were performed at the contest, which was held at Cirkus in Stockholm on 22 March 1986. It was presented by Lennart Swahn and Tommy Engstrand and was broadcast on TV1. No orchestra was used, and instead the ten songs were broadcast as music videos. The five songs that qualified for the second round were performed live to backing track.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Dan Tillberg "ABCD" Svante Persson, Dan Tillberg, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman - -
2 Git Persson "Du förför mig" Anders Berglund, Lotta Winberg - -
3 Style "Dover–Calais" Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin 33 3rd
4 Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" Lasse Holm 64 1st
5 Anna Book "ABC" Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren 24 5th
6 Sound of Music "Eldorado" Peter Grönvall, Angélique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist 26 4th
7 Baden-Baden "Jag har en dröm" Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren - -
8 Fredrik Willstrand "Fem i tolv" Joakim Bergman, Monica Forsberg - -
9 Lena Philipsson "Kärleken är evig" Torgny Söderberg, Per Gessle 42 2nd
10 Karin Risberg "Stopp, stopp, stanna" Kjell Lövbom, Peo Thyrén - -

Voting

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Song 56–60 51–55 46–50 41–45 36–40 31–35 26–30 21–25 15–20 Total
"Dover-Calais" 6 2 4 4 1 1 1 6 8 33
"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 6 64
"ABC" 2 4 6 2 2 4 2 1 1 24
"Eldorado" 4 1 2 1 4 2 6 4 2 26
"Kärleken är evig" 1 6 1 8 8 8 4 2 4 42

At Eurovision

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Voting

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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