Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "", written by Py Bäckman, and performed by Tommy Körberg. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1988. Körberg had already represented .
Before Eurovision
1988 1988 was the selection for the 28th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 27th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,100 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Malmö Stadsteater in Malmö on 27 February 1988, presented by Bengt Grafström and was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 4,464,000 people.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place 1Karin Ljung and Michael Nannini"Säg är det sant?" 2Uffe Persson"Nästa weekend" 3All of a Sudden"Dansa med vindarna" Qualified 4Billy Gezon"Måndag i mitt liv" 5Haakon Pedersen"Bang, en explosion" Qualified 6Annica Burman"I en ding ding värld" Qualified 7Sten Nilsson and Nilsonettes"Kärlek är..." 8Lena Philipsson"Om igen" Qualified9Siw Malmkvist"Det är kärlek" 10Paul Rein"Bara du och jag"Paul Rein 11Tommy Körberg"Stad i ljus"Py Bäckman Qualified 12Lotta Engberg and Triple & Touch"100%" Qualified
Artist Song Points PlaceAll of a Sudden"Dansa med vindarna" 26 5Haakon Pedersen"Bang, en explosion" 33 4Annica Burman"I en ding ding värld" 19 6Lena Philipsson"Om igen" 55 2Tommy Körberg"Stad i ljus" 84 1Lotta Engberg and Triple & Touch"100%" 47 3
+ Detailed Voting Result Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total "Dansa med vindarna"2431141224226 "Bang, en explosion"3322624332333 "I en ding ding värld"1114312113119 "Om igen"6666436446455 "Stad i ljus"8888888668884 "100%"4243263881647
At Eurovision Sweden performed second at the contest and received a total of 52 points and finished 12th.
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 1988 on