Sweden entered the
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia, following the country's victory at the with the song " Rock Me" by Riva. It was the only time Yugoslavia ...
, held in
Zagreb
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,
Yugoslavia
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.
Swedish broadcaster
Sveriges Television used their tried-and-tested pre-selection
Melodifestivalen to select their entry for the 29th time. Melodifestivalen 1990 was held on 9 March, where ten artists competed.
Edin-Ådahl
Edin-Ådahl were a Swedish CCM band from 1977 to 1994, composed of brothers Bertil and Lasse Edin and Simon and Frank Ådahl. The group are best known for their 1990 hit " Som en vind" ( en, "Like a Wind"). It won the 1990 Melodifestivalen and ...
won the contest, beating
1983 representative Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...
to second place. Their song, written by Mikael Wendt, was "Som en vind".
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1990
Melodifestivalen 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent
Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to
SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Rondo in
Gothenburg on 9 March 1990, presented by
Carin Hjulström and was broadcast on
TV2 but not on radio. The show was watched by 5,964,000 people, the biggest recorded audience for the competition (74.1% of Sweden's 1990 population).
Voting
At Eurovision
At the contest Sweden performed 18th, following Ireland and preceding Italy. At the close of the voting they had received 24 points, being placed 16th of 22 countries competing.
Voting
References
External links
Swedish National Final 1990TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
{{Melodifestivalen
1990
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
1990
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Eurovision
Eurovision