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Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1983
Selection date(s)26 February 1983
Selected entrantCarola Häggkvist
Selected song"Främling"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 126 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1982 • 1983 • 1984►

Sweden used a national preselction called Melodifestivalen 1983 to select an entry for the 28th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Winner, being the first participant ever to get maximum points from all of the eleven juries, was the 17-year-old and then unknown Carola Häggkvist, who quickly went on to be one of Sweden's most popular singers. The song she competed with was called "Främling". It was written by Lasse Holm and Monica Forsberg, who had also written the previous winning song together.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1983

Melodifestivalen 1983 was the selection for the 23rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 22nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television for the competition. The final was held in the Palladium in Malmö on 26 February 1983, presented by Bibi Johns and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. Carola was the only artist to score full marks from each jury, prompting the presenter to say before the final votes were announced: "Det här är inte alls spännande!" (This isn't at all exciting!).

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Ritz "Marionett" Monica Forsberg, Peter Wanngren 34 4th
2 Kerstin Dahlberg "Här är min sång till dig" Olle Bergman, Claes Bure - -
3 Karin Glenmark "Se" Östen Warnerbring 37 3rd
4 Kikki Danielsson "Varför är kärleken röd?" Torgny Söderberg 45 2nd
5 Peter Lundblad and Agneta Olsson "Vill du ha mig efter gryningen" Peter Lundblad, Agneta Olsson - -
6 Karina Rydberg "Nu börjar mitt liv" Peter Himmelstrand - -
7 Ann-Louise Hanson and John Ballard "Bara en enda gång" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Anders Glenmark 27 5th
8 Maria Wickman "Okej, jag ger mig" Anders Hall, Johan Nordlander, Henrik Wikström - -
9 Nils-Åke Runesson "Värmen som du gav" Nils-Åke Runesson, Lennart Kristensson - -
10 Carola Häggkvist "Främling" Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg 88 1st

Voting

Song
Luleå
Norrköping
Umeå
Karlstad
Falun
Gothenburg
Sundsvall
Växjö
Örebro
Stockholm
Malmö
Total score
"Marionett" 1 4 2 2 4 6 2 6 1 4 2 34
"Se" 6 2 4 1 6 4 4 1 2 1 6 37
"Varför är kärleken röd" 4 6 6 6 2 2 6 2 4 6 1 45
"Bara en enda gång" 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 6 2 4 27
"Främling" 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 88

At Eurovision

The final, held in Munich, attracted an estimate of 5,6 million viewers (about 70% of Sweden's population back then). Carola was drawn #4 in a field of 20 and was considered a big favourite for the title.

Sweden received 12 points from Norway and Germany, and ended up with 126 points and a 3rd place.[1] It was also Sweden's 3rd best placement so far.

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
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