Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Sweden chose their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 by holding their usual selection Melodifestivalen. For Melodifestivalen 1997, 1229 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television, 12 of which performed in the final.

The winner was the song "Bara hon älskar mig" (If Only She Loves Me), sung by Blond. It was written and composed by Stefan Berg.

Blond performed 16th on the night of the contest and received 36 points, placing 14th.

Melodifestivalen 1997

For the full results, see Melodifestivalen 1997.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Monia Sjöström	"Nu idag"	11	11th
2	Photogenique	"Nattens änglar"	0	12th
3	Robert Randqvist	"Hand i hand"	55	5th
4	N-Mix	"Där en ängel hälsat på"	68	2nd
5	Jim Jidhed	"Charlie"	12	10th
6	Nick Borgen	"World Wide Web"	26	9th
7	Andreas Lundstedt	"Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig"	32	7th
8	Garmarna	"En gång ska han gråta"	28	8th
9	B.I.G.	"Jag skall aldrig lämna dig"	40	6th
10	Wille Craaford	"Missarna"	65	3rd
11	Cajsalisa Ejemyr	"Du gör mig hel igen"	56	4th
12	Blond	"Bara hon älskar mig"	80	1st

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

Points Awarded to Sweden
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Norway	United Kingdom	Denmark Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland	Iceland

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Iceland
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Turkey
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 points	Italy
2 points	France
1 point	Estonia

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 1997

Countries

Final (by final results)	United Kingdom (winner) Ireland Turkey Italy Cyprus Spain France Estonia Malta Slovenia Poland Greece Hungary Sweden Russia Denmark Croatia Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Austria Switzerland Netherlands Norway Portugal

Artists

Final (by final results)	Katrina & The Waves Marc Roberts Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic Jalisse Hara & Andreas Konstantinou Marcos Llunas Fanny Maarja-Liis Ilus Debbie Scerri Tanja Ribič Anna Maria Jopek Marianna Zorba V.I.P. Blond Alla Pugacheva Kølig Kaj E.N.I. Bianca Shomburg Alma Čardžić Paul Oscar Bettina Soriat Barbara Berta Mrs. Einstein Tor Endresen Célia Lawson

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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