Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "", written and performed by Tomas Ledin. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1980.
Before Eurovision
1980 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 8 March 1980, presented by Bengt Bedrup and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Tomas Ledin "Just nu!" Tomas Ledin 112 1 2 Paul Paljett "Tusen sekunder" 32 9 3 Kenta "Utan att fråga" 56 6 4 Eva Dahlgren "Jag ger mig inte" Eva Dahlgren 48 7 5 Ted Gärdestad and Annica Boller "Låt solen värma dig" 57 5 6 Chips "Mycke' mycke' mer" 75 4 7 Liza Öhman "Hit men inte längre" Bengt Palmers 94 3 8 Lasse Lindbom "För dina bruna ögons skull" 27 10 9 Janne Lucas "Växeln hallå" 96 2 10 Tania "Å sjuttiotal" Torgny Söderberg 41 8
+ Voting Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Just nu!" 12 8 10 10 10 12 10 12 12 6 10 112 2 "Tusen sekunder" 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 6 4 4 3 32 3 "Utan att fråga" 5 12 6 6 6 8 3 2 3 3 2 56 4 "Jag ger mig inte" 4 5 3 4 2 6 8 5 2 5 4 48 5 "Låt solen värma dig" 6 2 12 7 7 3 4 7 6 2 1 57 6 "Mycke' mycke' mer" 8 6 5 5 4 5 12 8 5 10 7 75 7 "Hit men inte längre" 7 10 8 8 8 7 6 10 10 8 12 94 8 "För dina bruna ögons skull" 1 1 4 3 5 4 1 1 1 1 5 27 9 "Växeln hallå" 10 7 7 12 12 10 7 4 7 12 8 96 10 "Å sjuttiotal" 3 3 2 1 1 2 5 3 8 7 6 41
At Eurovision At the final in The Hague, he came 10th (out of 19) with 47 points. He had the draw number #8. As of 2021, this is the most recent occasion on which Sweden has failed to score any points from the other participating Nordic nations (and, in turn, it was the last contest final until 2024 to see the Swedish jury fail to award any points to another Nordic nation, save for when Sweden was the only Nordic nation in the final).
Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
External links Melodifestivalen 1980 on