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

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. The Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1986, was held on 22 March at the

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, and was broadcast across Sweden on

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. The winners were Lasse Holm and

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with their song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?".

Before Eurovision

Qualifying competition

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1986 was the contest for the 26th song to represent

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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

on 22 March 1986. It was presented by Lennart Swahn and

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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.

Voting

At Eurovision

Voting

References

External links

TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

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