Sweden entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Swedish broadcaster

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used their tried-and-tested pre-selection

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to select their entry for the 29th time. Melodifestivalen 1990 was held on 9 March, where ten artists competed. Edin-Ådahl won the contest, beating 1983 representative Carola Häggkvist to second place. Their song, written by Mikael Wendt, was "Som en vind".

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1990

1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent

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at the

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. 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

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on 9 March 1990, presented by

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and was broadcast on

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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
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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