Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1990
Selection date(s)	9 March 1990
Selected artist(s)	Edin-Ådahl
Selected song	"Som en vind"
Selected songwriter(s)	Mikael Wendt
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 24 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Som en vind", written by Mikael Wendt, and performed by the band Edin-Ådahl. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1990.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1990

Melodifestivalen 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Rondo in Gothenburg on 9 March 1990, presented by Carin Hjulström and was broadcast on TV2 but not on radio. The show was watched by 5,964,000 people, the biggest recorded audience for the competition (74.1% of Sweden's 1990 population).

Edin-Ådahl won the Melodifestivalen with the song "Som en vind", written by Mikael Wendt, and beating 1983 representative Carola Häggkvist to second place.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Elisabeth Andreasson	"Jag ser en stjärna falla"	Peter Stedt	53	7th
2	Peter Jöback	"En sensation"	Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt	43	9th
3	Lizette Pålsson	"Sången över havet"	Hans Skoog, Martin Klaman	56	6th
4	N'Gang	"Vi vill ha värme"	Mikael Erlandsson, Robert Ardin, Peter Andersson, Niklas Börjesson, Lars Sandrén	73	5th
5	Lotta Engberg	"En gång till"	Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt	49	8th
6	Lisbet Jagedal	"Varje natt"	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm	76	3rd
7	Loa Falkman	"Symfonin"	Elisabeth Lord, Tommy Gunnarsson	30	10th
8	Carola Häggkvist	"Mitt i ett äventyr"	Stephan Berg	84	2nd
9	Edin-Ådahl	"Som en vind"	Mikael Wendt	99	1st
10	Sofia Källgren	"Handen på hjärtat"	Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm	75	4th

Voting

Song	Malmö	Luleå	Umeå	Sundsvall	Falun	Karlstad	Örebro	Stockholm	Norrköping	Växjö	Gothenburg	Total
"Jag ser en stjärna falla"	6	1	3	8	1	7	2	8	2	3	12	53
"En sensation"	5	4	1	1	4	1	6	4	7	6	4	43
"Sången över havet"	3	5	6	6	5	8	7	5	1	8	2	56
"Vi vill ha värme"	12	12	12	3	2	5	4	1	10	2	10	73
"En gång till"	2	3	7	12	3	4	3	3	5	4	3	49
"Varje natt"	4	10	8	10	6	6	8	6	8	5	5	76
"Symphonin"	1	2	2	4	10	2	1	2	4	1	1	30
"Mitt i ett äventyr"	8	8	4	2	12	10	12	7	6	7	8	84
"Som en vind"	10	6	5	5	8	12	10	12	12	12	7	99
"Handen på hjärtat"	7	7	10	7	7	3	5	10	3	10	6	75

At Eurovision

At the contest Sweden performed 18th, following Ireland and preceding Italy. At the close of the voting they had received 24 points, being placed 16th of 22 countries competing.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points  Netherlands  Norway  United Kingdom 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points  Germany  Greece  Spain 1 point

Points awarded by Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points  Ireland 10 points  Italy 8 points  Iceland 7 points  Belgium 6 points  Cyprus 5 points  France 4 points  Germany 3 points  Denmark 2 points  Austria 1 point  Yugoslavia

References

1. "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• Swedish National Final 1990
• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive