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.

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.

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Sweden

Final

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

Points Awarded to Sweden (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
France	Germany		Yugoslavia	Norway
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Denmark	Belgium		Luxembourg United Kingdom	Cyprus Finland

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 ~~1964~~ 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ~~1970~~ 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ~~1976~~ 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

Artists

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ Alice Babs Brita Borg

1960s	Siw Malmkvist Lill-Babs Inger Berggren Monica Zetterlund ~~1964~~ Ingvar Wixell Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson Östen Warnerbring Claes-Göran Hederström Tommy Körberg

1970s	~~1970~~ Family Four Family Four The Nova ABBA Lars Berghagen and The Dolls ~~1976~~ Forbes Björn Skifs Ted Gärdestad

1980s	Tomas Ledin Björn Skifs Chips Carola Herreys Kikki Danielsson Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm Lotta Engberg Tommy Körberg Tommy Nilsson

1990s	Edin-Ådahl Carola Christer Björkman Arvingarna Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare Jan Johansen One More Time Blond Jill Johnson Charlotte Nilsson

2000s	Roger Pontare Friends Afro-dite Fame Lena Philipsson Martin Stenmarck Carola The Ark Charlotte Perrelli Malena Ernman

2010s	Anna Bergendahl Eric Saade Loreen Robin Stjernberg Sanna Nielsen Måns Zelmerlöw

Songs

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ "Lilla stjärna" "Augustin"

1960s	"Alla andra får varann" "April, April" "Sol och vår" "En gång i Stockholm" ~~1964~~ "Absent Friend" "Nygammal vals" "Som en dröm" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" "Judy, min vän"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Vita vidder" "Härliga sommardag" "You're Summer" "Waterloo" "Jennie, Jennie" ~~1976~~ "Beatles" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Satellit"

1980s	"Just nu!" "Fångad i en dröm" "Dag efter dag" "Främling" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "Bra vibrationer" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Boogaloo" "Stad i ljus" "En dag"

1990s	"Som en vind" "Fångad av en stormvind" "I morgon är en annan dag" "Eloise" "Stjärnorna" "Se på mej" "Den vilda" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Kärleken är" "Take Me to Your Heaven"

2000s	"When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Listen To Your Heartbeat" "Never Let It Go" "Give Me Your Love" "It Hurts" "Las Vegas" "Invincible" "The Worrying Kind" "Hero" "La voix"

2010s	"This Is My Life" "Popular" "Euphoria" "You" "Undo" "Heroes"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Sweden did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Countries

Final (by final results)	United Kingdom (winner) Germany France Switzerland Ireland Cyprus Israel Greece Netherlands Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Belgium Spain Yugoslavia Finland Austria Turkey Portugal Norway

Artists

Final (by final results)	Bucks Fizz Lena Valaitis Jean Gabilou Peter, Sue and Marc Sheeba Island Hakol Over Habibi Yiannis Dimitras Linda Williams Björn Skifs Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron Jean-Claude Pascal Emly Starr Bacchelli Seid Memić "Vajta" Riki Sorsa Marty Brem Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Carlos Paião Finn Kalvik

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Making Your Mind Up" "Johnny Blue" "Humanahum" "Io senza te" "Horoscopes" "Monika" "Halayla" "Feggari Kalokerino" "Het is een wonder" "Fångad i en dröm" "Krøller eller ej" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Samson" "Y sólo tú" "Lejla" "Reggae OK" "Wenn du da bist" "Dönme Dolap" "Playback" "Aldri i livet"

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