Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Som en vind", written by Mikael Wendt, and performed by the band Edin-Ådahl. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television, selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1990.
Before Eurovision
1990
Melodifestivalen 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent 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 Sveriges Television 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.Edin-Ådahl won the Melodifestivalen with the song "Som en vind", written by Mikael Wendt, and beating Carola Häggkvist to second place.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter | Points | Place |
| 1 | Elisabeth Andreasson | "Jag ser en stjärna falla" | Peter Stedt | 53 | 7 |
| 2 | Peter Jöback | "En sensation" | Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt | 43 | 9 |
| 3 | Lizette Pålsson | "Sången över havet" | Hans Skoog, Martin Klaman | 56 | 6 |
| 4 | N'Gang | "Vi vill ha värme" | Mikael Erlandsson, Robert Ardin, Peter Andersson, Niklas Börjesson, Lars Sandrén | 73 | 5 |
| 5 | Lotta Engberg | "En gång till" | Christer Lundh, Mikael Wendt | 49 | 8 |
| 6 | Lisbet Jagedal | "Varje natt" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm | 76 | 3 |
| 7 | Loa Falkman | "Symfonin" | Elisabeth Lord, Tommy Gunnarsson | 30 | 10 |
| 8 | Carola Häggkvist | "Mitt i ett äventyr" | Stephan Berg | 84 | 2 |
| 9 | Edin-Ådahl | "Som en vind" | Mikael Wendt | 99 | 1 |
| 10 | Sofia Källgren | "Handen på hjärtat" | Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Lasse Holm | 75 | 4 |
| Song | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | scope="col" | Total |
| "Jag ser en stjärna falla" | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 53 |
| "En sensation" | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 43 |
| "Sången över havet" | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 56 |
| "Vi vill ha värme" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 73 |
| "En gång till" | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 49 |
| "Varje natt" | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 76 |
| "Symphonin" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| "Mitt i ett äventyr" | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 84 |
| "Som en vind" | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 99 |
| "Handen på hjärtat" | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 75 |
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
| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |
| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |