After

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 ...

's win in the 1991 contest, Sweden was the host of the

Eurovision Song Contest 1992 The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Carola. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) ...

, held in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

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, the Swedish broadcaster, continued to use the

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

format to select their entry. Christer Björkman represented the country with the song "I morgon är en annan dag", composed by

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Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1992

1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent

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at the

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. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,544 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the

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on 14 March 1992, presented by Adde Malmberg and

Claes Malmberg Claes Malmberg (real name ''Clas-Peder Malmberg'', born 8 April 1961 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and stand-up comedian. He has worked together with Anders Aldgård. He has appeared in theatre plays and in films and TV series. ...

and broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. Christer Björkman's result at Eurovision was Sweden's worst since 1977, until 2003 the worst result of a Eurovision host country. The show was watched by 5,376,000 people.

At Eurovision

Björkman sang 7th on the night of the contest, following

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and preceding

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. Björkman could not, however, repeat Carola's success of the previous year, picking up 9 points and placing 22nd of 23 countries.

Voting

References

External links

Swedish National Final 1992TV broadcastings at SVT's open archiveThe year with Melodifestivalen at SVT's open archive
{{Melodifestivalen 1992 Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 1992 Eurovision Eurovision