Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", written by Stephan Berg, and performed by Carola. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1991. Carola had already represented . The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest after having to apply the tiebreaker rule because it ended with the same number of points as the entry from . This was the third ever victory for Sweden in the contest.
Before Eurovision 1991 1991 was the selection for the 31st song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 30th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,323 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the in Malmö on 31 March 1991, presented by Harald Treutiger and was broadcast on TV2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. Carola Häggkvist went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Rome, Sweden's third Eurovision win. The show was watched by 5,880,000 people.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place 1 Laila Dahl "Annie" Arne Höglund Qualified 2 Pernilla Wahlgren "Tvillingsjäl" Lena Philipsson 3 Diana Nuñez "Kärlekens dans" Christina Beijbom, Lars Beijbom 4 John Ekedahl "Stanna du i dina drömmar" John Ekedahl 5 Jessica Wimert "Änglar" Per Andréasson, Anders Dannvik 6 Towe Jaarnek "Ett liv med dig" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist Qualified 7 Jim Jidhed "Kommer du ihåg mig?" Peter Karlsson, Joakim Hagleitner Qualified 8 Carola "Fångad av en stormvind" Stephan Berg Qualified 9 Tove Naess "Låt mig se ett under" Stephan Berg Qualified 10 Sharon Dyall "Ge mig ett svar" Pål Svenre, Linus Bergström
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place Laila Dahl "Annie" Arne Höglund 33 4 Towe Jaarnek "Ett liv med dig" Ingela 'Pling' Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist 46 2 Jim Jidhed "Kommer du ihåg mig?" Peter Karlsson, Joakim Hagleitner 45 3 Carola "Fångad av en stormvind" Stephan Berg 78 1 Tove Naess "Låt mig se ett under" Stephan Berg 29 5
+ 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 "Annie"4662141212433 "Ett liv med dig"2128662486146 "Kommer du ihåg mig?"6286226124645 "Fångad av en stormvind"8844888868878 "Låt mig se ett under"1411414641229
At Eurovision One of the favourites to win, Carola sang eighth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting, she had received 146 points, placing joint first place with France's "" performed by Amina. After the four-way tie at the , a tie-break system had been implemented, where a count-back on the number of top points awarded was used. Both countries received four 1st-place votes, but Sweden gained five 2nd-place votes versus two for France, making Sweden the winner. Carola earned the third ever victory for Sweden.
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 1991 on