| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1986 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 22 March 1986 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | |||
| Selected song | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Lasse Holm | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 78 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Tillberg | "ABCD" | Svante Persson, Dan Tillberg, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman | - | - |
| 2 | Git Persson | "Du förför mig" | Anders Berglund, Lotta Winberg | - | - |
| 3 | Style | "Dover–Calais" | Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin | 33 | 3rd |
| 4 | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | Lasse Holm | 64 | 1st |
| 5 | Anna Book | "ABC" | Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren | 24 | 5th |
| 6 | Sound of Music | "Eldorado" | Peter Grönvall, Angélique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist | 26 | 4th |
| 7 | Baden-Baden | "Jag har en dröm" | Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren | - | - |
| 8 | Fredrik Willstrand | "Fem i tolv" | Joakim Bergman, Monica Forsberg | - | - |
| 9 | Lena Philipsson | "Kärleken är evig" | Torgny Söderberg, Per Gessle | 42 | 2nd |
| 10 | Karin 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" | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 64 |
| "ABC" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| "Eldorado" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| "Kärleken är evig" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 42 |
At Eurovision
Voting
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References
- 1 2 "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.