Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "", composed by Lasse Holm, with lyrics by Monica Forsberg, and performed by the band Chips. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1982.
Before Eurovision
1982 1982 was the selection for the 22nd song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 21st 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 Gothenburg on 27 February 1982, presented by Fredrik Belfrage and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
The 10 songs were reduced to 5 finalists, which were then voted on by 9 juries split according to age ranges. Chips formed by Elisabeth Andreasson and Kikki Danielsson had both previously come 2nd in the in a group called 'Sweet 'n' Chips'. Kikki Danielsson had previously came joint 1st in the but lost out on a tie-break and previously came 4th in the group Chips in 1980.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Little Gerhard and Yvonne Olsson "Hand i hand med dig" 2 Lena Ericsson "Någonting har hänt" Qualified 3 Chattanooga "Hallå hela pressen" Qualified 4 Charlie Hillson "Då kommer min ängel" Charlie Hillson 5 Ann-Louise Hanson "Kärleken lever" Anders Glenmark Qualified 6 Annika Rydell and Lars Westman "Här har du din morgondag" 7 Liza Öhman "Hey-hi-ho" Qualified 8 Shanes "Fender 62" 9 Maria Wickman "Dags att börjar om igen" Hasse Olsson 10 Chips "Dag efter dag" Qualified
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place Lena Ericsson "Någonting har hänt" 39 2 Chattanooga "Hallå hela pressen" 28 4 Ann-Louise Hanson "Kärleken lever" Anders Glenmark 25 5 Liza Öhman "Hey-hi-ho" 33 3 Chips "Dag efter dag" 64 1
+ Voting Song 15–20 20–25 25–30 30–35 35–40 40–45 45–50 50–55 55–60 Total "Någonting har hänt" 2 8 4 1 6 4 6 4 4 39 "Hallå hela pressen" 8 1 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 28 "Kärleken lever" 1 2 1 2 1 6 4 6 2 25 "Hey-hi-ho" 4 4 2 8 4 1 2 2 6 33 "Dag efter dag" 6 6 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 64
At Eurovision Sweden performed 9th on the evening of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Austria. They finished 8th with 67 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
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