Sweden was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Peter Bertilsson, with lyrics by Mikael Littwold, and performed by

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and

Roger Pontare Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives in Bjuråker in Hudiksvalls kommun. Pontare was born in Arjeplog Municipality, and is of Sami descent. He has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovisio ...

. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1994.

Before Eurovision

1994

1994 was the selection for the 34th song to represent at the

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. It was the 33rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,560 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in

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on 12 March 1994, presented by

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and Sven Melander and was broadcast on TV1 and

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's P3 and P4 networks. The show was watched by 3,780,000 people.

At Eurovision

Bergman and Pontare opened the contest, singing 1st of 25 countries, preceding . At the close of the voting they had received 48 points, placing 13th.

Voting

References

External links

Melodifestivalen 1994
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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