Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989


Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "En dag", written by Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson, and Alexander Bard, and performed by Tommy Nilsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television, selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1989.

Before Eurovision

1989

Melodifestivalen 1989 was the selection for the 29th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 28th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television for the competition. The hostess, Yvonne Ryding, was the Miss Universe 1984. The final was held in the Globe Arena in Stockholm on 11 March 1989, was broadcast on SVT1 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 5,328,000 people.
DrawArtistSongSongwriterPointsPlace
1Lili & Sussie"Okey okey"Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson675
2Catrin Olsson"När stormen går"Andreas Nilsson, Staffan Odenhall219
3True Blue"Jorden är din"Tomas Ledin, Lars Andersson1910
4Visitors and Sofia Källgren"Världen är vår"Göran Danielsson, Svante Persson507
5Eriksson-Glenmark"Upp över [mina öron]"Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson, Anders Glenmark1082
6Tommy Nilsson"En dag"Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson, Alexander Bard1131
7Lisa Nilsson"Du "Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist744
8Fingerprints"Mitt ibland änglar"Thomas 'Orup' Eriksson, Anders Glenmark803
9Haakon Pedersen and Elisabeth Berg"Nattens drottning"Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm675
10Cajsa Bergström"Genom eld"Ulf Söderberg398

Songscope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total
"Okey okey"5667858565667
"När stormen går"2222321122221
"Jorden är din"1141112311319
"Världen är vår"7453645443550
"Upp över mina öron"1010810101212101268108
"En dag"1281212710101281210113
"Du "87744638781274
"Mitt ibland änglar"4510612877104780
"Nattens drottning"612385766310167
"Genom eld"3315234257439

At Eurovision

The song was drawn #10 at the contest in Lausanne, Switzerland. It scored very well, receiving a total of 110 points, making Sweden finish 4th, only 1 point behind their 3rd-placed neighbour.

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