Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song , written by Björn Skifs and Bengt Palmers, and performed by Skifs himself. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1981. Skifs had previously represented .
Before Eurovision
1981 1981 was the selection for the 21st song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 20th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the in Stockholm on 21 February 1981, presented by Janne Loffe Carlsson and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. It was the second time that Lasse Holm and Kikki Danielsson had been beaten into second place by Björn Skifs, after .
Artist Song Songwriters Points Place 1 Janne Lucas Persson "Rocky Mountain" 50 3 2 Anders Glenmark "Det är mitt liv - det är jag" Anders Glenmark 41 4 3 Kicki Moberg "Men natten är vår" 28 5 4 Björn Skifs "Fångad i en dröm" 59 1 5 Sweets 'n' Chips "God morgon" 53 2
+ 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 "Rocky Mountain" 8 4 4 6 4 6 6 4 4 2 2 50 2 "Det är mitt liv - det är jag" 4 6 8 1 2 2 2 6 1 1 8 41 3 "Men natten är vår" 1 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 2 4 6 28 4 "Fångad i en dröm" 6 8 6 8 8 4 1 2 6 6 4 59 5 "God morgon" 2 2 2 4 6 8 4 8 8 8 1 53
At Eurovision At the contest, this year held in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden was drawn #20, at the very end of the start field. The song earned maximum points from and 10 points from , and finally ended up 10th with 50 points.
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 1981 on