Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then (1964, 1970 and 1976). Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden has hosted the contest six times: three times in Stockholm, twice in Malmö and once in Gothenburg; and is set to host for a seventh time in in Malmö. Sweden, along with , is the most successful country in the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of seven victories. Sweden also has the most top five results of the 21st century, with 13; in total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in , Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with ABBA, Herreys, Carola, Charlotte Nilsson, Loreen ( and ) and Måns Zelmerlöw. Contest history Sweden's first entrant in the contest was Alice Babs in , who was placed fourth. This remained the country's best result until , when Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson were second.