Östersjöfestivalen or Baltic Song Contest is an annual song contest held for the states along the Baltic Sea. The annual host city is Karlshamn in Sweden. The first contest was held in 1978. Year Date Host Winner Runner up Third place Prizes 1978 - - Zeid Andersson - - - 1979 - - Maria Jeżowska - - - 1980 1980-07-19 - Magdalena Zawadzka - - - 1981 1981-07-18 - Ewa Morawska - - - 1982 1982-07-24 - Krystyna Giżowska - - - 1983 1983-07-23 - Irina Otieva - - - 1984 1984-07-21 - Anne Karin Andersen - - - 1985 1985-07-20 - Hanna Banaszak - - - 1986 1986-07-19 - Beata Kozidrak - - - 1987 1987-07-18 - Małgorzata Ostrowska Kirsten & Sören Charlotte Ardai - 1988 1988-07-23 Bengt Grafström Britt Dahlén Marina Kapuro Art Affairs - 1989 1989-07-22 - Sadine Nine Sebastian Schimmelpfennig Anett Kölpin - 1990 1990-07-21 Bengt Grafström Etta Scolo Lonnie Devantier Tove Jaarnek - 1991 1991-07-20 Bengt Grafström David Hanselman Dana Gillespie Gary Lux & Shirley Giha - 1992 1992-07-18 Bengt Grafström Peter Jöback Opus Marjorie - 1993 1993-07-24 Bengt Grafström Chris Irvine Lele Edyta Górniak - 1994 1994-07-23 Bengt Grafström Madam Medusa Kayah Darren Holden - 1995 1995-07-22 Bengt Grafström Justyna Steczkowska Joni Madden Paris Klingberg - 1996 1996-07-20 Bengt Grafström Holli C. Hooks Robert Gawliński Igor Nadjiev - 1997 1997-07-19 Bengt Grafström Rosita Civilyte Oksana Galitskaja Natalia Kukulska - 1998 1998-07-18 Bengt Grafström Brainstorm Marianne Antonsen Crosstalk - 1999 1999-07-24 Bengt Grafström Anna Stadling Andrzej Piaseczny Arnis Mednis - 2000 2000-07-22 Bengt Grafström Little Gunnar Soso Pavliachvili Brathanki - 2001 2001-07-21 Bengt Grafström Ich Troje Danny Lichfield Marvin Ruffin - 2002 2002-07-20 Ola Lindholm Varius Manx Nanne Grönvall Daniele Vit - 2003 2003-07-19 Ola Lindholm Aleena F.L.Y. Baghira - 2004 2004-07-17 Ola Lindholm Sandra Dahlberg Gil Bonden Niklas Andersson - 2005 2005-07-23 Ola Lindholm Rob Reynolds Putnu Balle Jalisse - 2006 2006-07-22 Tina Leijonberg Kasia Cerekwicka Andersson & Gibson Falzone - 2007 2007-07-21 Tina Leijonberg Jurga Patrycja Markowska Maarja - 2008 2008-07-19 Tina Leijonberg LaGaylia Frazier Caroline Larsson Ewelina Flinta & Łukasz Zagrobelny - 2009 2009-07-18 Anders Jönsson IVO Zivile Ba Jan Johansen - 2010 2010-07-24 Anders Jönsson Aisha Birgit Õigemeel Andrew Solodkiy Public prise: Molly Sandén 2011 2011-07-23 Anders Jönsson Diskotek Savbrant Ingrid Band Py Bäckman - 2012 2012-07-21 Anders Jönsson Piotr Kupicha & Marcin Kindla 77 Bombay Street Michael Watter Public prise: 77 Bombay Street 2013 2013-07-20 Anders Jönsson Tove Jaarnek Margaret Miriam Bryant Public prise: Miriam Bryant 2014 2014-07-19 Anders Jönsson & Anna-Lena Petersson Stashka Caroline Wennergren Alien Public prise: Stashka 2015 2015-07-18 Thomas Deutgen Gerson Galván Janet Devlin Janet Public prise: Sarsa 2016 2016-07-23 Thomas Deutgen Adam Douglas Maika Barbero Antonela Doko Public prise: Doinita Gherman
List of Countries
Wins Wins Country 13 8 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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