Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Sweden chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in the national selection Melodifestivalen 1981. After a tight race, the winner was a song called "Fångad i en dröm", which was performed by Björn Skifs. Björn was also the Swedish representative in the 1978 contest, and had written the song together with Bengt Palmers.

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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 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 score
"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

Points awarded to Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	France
10 points	Germany
8 points
7 points	Yugoslavia
6 points	Norway
5 points	Denmark
4 points	Belgium
3 points
2 points	Luxembourg United Kingdom
1 point	Cyprus Finland

Points awarded by Sweden^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	France
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Finland
5 points	Luxembourg
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Israel
2 points	Austria
1 point	Switzerland

References

^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive

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Participation	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	ABBA Afro-dite The Ark Arvingarna Alice Babs Robin Bengtsson Anna Bergendahl Inger Berggren Lars Berghagen Marie Bergman Christer Björkman Brita Borg Carola Chips Kikki Danielsson The Dolls Edin-Ådahl Lotta Engberg Malena Ernman Fame Family Four Forbes Frans Friends Ted Gärdestad Claes-Göran Hederström Herreys Lasse Holm Benjamin Ingrosso Cornelia Jakobs Jan Johansen Jill Johnson Tommy Körberg Tomas Ledin Lill-Babs Lill Lindfors Loreen John Lundvik Siw Malmkvist ~~The Mamas~~ Marcus & Martinus Sanna Nielsen Tommy Nilsson The Nova One More Time Charlotte Perrelli Lena Philipsson Roger Pontare Eric Saade Björn Skifs Martin Stenmarck Robin Stjernberg Svante Thuresson Monica Törnell Tusse Östen Warnerbring Ingvar Wixell Måns Zelmerlöw Monica Zetterlund
Songs	"Absent Friend" "Alla andra får varann" "April, april" "Augustin" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Beatles" "Boogaloo" "Bra vibrationer" "Dag efter dag" "Dance You Off" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Eloise" "En dag" "En gång i Stockholm" "Euphoria" "Fångad av en stormvind" "Fångad i en dröm" "Främling" "Give Me Your Love" "Härliga sommardag" "Hero" "Heroes" "Hold Me Closer" "I Can't Go On" "I morgon är en annan dag" "If I Were Sorry" "Invincible" "It Hurts" "Jennie, Jennie" "Judy, min vän" "Just nu!" "Kärleken är" "Las Vegas" "Lilla stjärna" "Listen to Your Heartbeat" ~~"Move"~~ "Never Let It Go" "Nygammal vals" "Popular" "Satellit" "Se på mej" "Sol och vår" "Som en dröm" "Som en vind" "Stad i ljus" "Stjärnorna" "Take Me to Your Heaven" "Tattoo" "This Is My Life" "Too Late for Love" "Undo" "Unforgettable" "Den vilda" "Vita vidder" "Voices" "La Voix" "Waterloo" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "The Worrying Kind" "You" "You're Summer"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Bacchelli Marty Brem Bucks Fizz Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach Yiannis Dimitras Jean Gabilou Habibi Island Finn Kalvik Seid Memić Vajta Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Carlos Paião Jean-Claude Pascal Peter, Sue and Marc Sheeba Björn Skifs Riki Sorsa Emly Starr Lena Valaitis Linda Williams
Songs	"Aldri i livet" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Dönme Dolap" "Fångad i en dröm" "Feggari kalokerino" "Halayla" "Het is een wonder" "Horoscopes" "Humanahum" "Io senza te" "Johnny Blue" "Krøller eller ej" "Lejla" "Making Your Mind Up" "Monika" "Playback" "Reggae OK" "Samson" "Wenn du da bist" "Y sólo tú"

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1981

Voting

At Eurovision

Voting

References

External links