Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1986
Selection date(s)22 March 1986
Selected entrantLasse Holm and Monica Törnell
Selected song"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
Selected songwriter(s)Lasse Holm
Finals performance
Final result5th, 78 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 1986 1987►

Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

The Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1986, was held on 22 March at the Cirkus in Stockholm, and was broadcast across Sweden on SVT1. The winners were Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell with their song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?".

Before Eurovision

Qualifying competition

Melodifestivalen 1986 was the contest for the 26th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. 90 songs had been submitted to SVT for the competition; 10 of these were performed at the contest, which was held at Cirkus in Stockholm on 22 March 1986. It was presented by Lennart Swahn and Tommy Engstrand and was broadcast on TV1. No orchestra was used, and instead the ten songs were broadcast as music videos. The five songs that qualified for the second round were performed live to backing track.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1Dan Tillberg"ABCD"Svante Persson, Dan Tillberg, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman--
2Git Persson"Du förför mig"Anders Berglund, Lotta Winberg--
3Style"Dover–Calais"Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin333rd
4Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"Lasse Holm641st
5Anna Book"ABC"Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren245th
6Sound of Music"Eldorado"Peter Grönvall, Angélique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist264th
7Baden-Baden"Jag har en dröm"Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren--
8Fredrik Willstrand"Fem i tolv"Joakim Bergman, Monica Forsberg--
9Lena Philipsson"Kärleken är evig"Torgny Söderberg, Per Gessle422nd
10Karin Risberg"Stopp, stopp, stanna"Kjell Lövbom, Peo Thyrén--

Voting

Song 56-60 51-55 46-50 41-45 36-40 31-35 26-30 21-25 15-20 Total
"Dover-Calais"62441116833
"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"88866688664
"ABC"24622421124
"Eldorado"41214264226
"Kärleken är evig"16188842442

At Eurovision

Voting

References

  1. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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