Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", written by Mikael Wendt, and performed by the band Edin-Ådahl. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1990.
Before Eurovision
1990 1990 was the contest for selection of the 30th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 29th time that this method of picking a song had been used. 1,223 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Rondo in Gothenburg on 9 March 1990, presented by Carin Hjulström and was broadcast on TV2 but not on radio. The show was watched by 5,964,000 people, the biggest recorded audience for the competition (74.1% of Sweden's 1990 population).
Edin-Ådahl won the with the song "", written by Mikael Wendt, and beating Carola Häggkvist to second place.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Elisabeth Andreasson "Jag ser en stjärna falla" Peter Stedt 53 7 2 Peter Jöback "En sensation" 43 9 3 Lizette Pålsson "Sången över havet" 56 6 4 N'Gang "Vi vill ha värme" 73 5 5 Lotta Engberg "En gång till" 49 8 6 Lisbet Jagedal "Varje natt" 76 3 7 Loa Falkman "Symfonin" 30 10 8 Carola Häggkvist "Mitt i ett äventyr" Stephan Berg 84 2 9 Edin-Ådahl "Som en vind" Mikael Wendt 99 1 10 Sofia Källgren "Handen på hjärtat" 75 4
+ 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 "Jag ser en stjärna falla"61381728231253 2 "En sensation"5411416476443 3 "Sången över havet"3566587518256 4 "Vi vill ha värme"121212325411021073 5 "En gång till"23712343354349 6 "Varje natt"410810668685576 7 "Symphonin"12241021241130 8 "Mitt i ett äventyr"8842121012767884 9 "Som en vind"1065581210121212799 10 "Handen på hjärtat"7710773510310675
At Eurovision At the contest Sweden performed 18th, following Ireland and preceding Italy. At the close of the voting they had received 24 points, being placed 16th of 22 countries competing.
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 1990 on