Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", written by Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson, and Alexander Bard, and performed by Tommy Nilsson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1989.
Before Eurovision
1989 1989 was the selection for the 29th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 28th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The hostess, Yvonne Ryding, was the Miss Universe 1984. The final was held in the Globe Arena in Stockholm on 11 March 1989, was broadcast on SVT1 and was not broadcast on radio. The show was watched by 5,328,000 people.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1Lili & Sussie"Okey okey" 67 5 2Catrin Olsson"När stormen går" 21 9 3True Blue"Jorden är din" 19 10 4Visitors and Sofia Källgren"Världen är vår" 50 7 5Eriksson-Glenmark"Upp över mina öron" 108 2 6Tommy Nilsson"En dag" 113 1 7Lisa Nilsson"Du (öppnar min värld)" 74 4 8Fingerprints"Mitt ibland änglar" 80 3 9Haakon Pedersen and Elisabeth Berg"Nattens drottning" 67 5 10Cajsa Bergström"Genom eld"Ulf Söderberg 39 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 "Okey okey"5667858565667 2 "När stormen går"2222321122221 3 "Jorden är din"1141112311319 4 "Världen är vår"7453645443550 5 "Upp över mina öron"1010810101212101268108 6 "En dag"1281212710101281210113 7 "Du (öppnar min värld)"87744638781274 8 "Mitt ibland änglar"4510612877104780 9 "Nattens drottning"612385766310167 10 "Genom eld"3315234257439
At Eurovision The song was drawn #10 at the contest in Lausanne, Switzerland. It scored very well, receiving a total of 110 points, making Sweden finish 4th, only 1 point behind their 3rd-placed neighbour .
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 1989 on