Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten", written by Peter Himmelstrand, and performed by Björn Skifs. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1978.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1978
Selection date	11 February 1978
Competing entry
Song	"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"
Artist	Björn Skifs
Songwriter	Peter Himmelstrand
Placement
Final result	14th, 26 points
Participation chronology
◄1977 • 1978 • 1979►

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1978

Melodifestivalen 1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 17th time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 58 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 11 February 1978, presented by Ulf Elfving and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The songs were not performed live, instead the performances were recorded the afternoon before, and inter-mingled with live pieces from the venue. There was a tie in the voting, and each regional jury was asked to award one point to their favourite song of "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" and "Miss Decibel". The former won by eight votes to three.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Pastellerna	"Idag är det vår"	Stig Jonsson, Peter Wanngren	52	6
2	Thomas Munck	"Nåt som gör dej glad"	Thomas Munck, Karin Stigmark, Anders Henriksson	11	10
3	Tomas Ledin	"Mademoiselle"	Tomas Ledin	78	5
4	Harlequin	"Harlequin"	Johan Langer, Jan Askelind	49	8
5	Göran Fristorp	"Längtan om livet med dig"	Göran Fristorp	85	3
6	Kikki Danielsson, Lasse Holm and Wizex	"Miss Decibel"	Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand	100	2
7	Kenneth Greuz	"Åh, evergreens"	Kenneth Greuz, Karin Stigmark	50	7
8	Pugh Rogefeldt	"Nattmara"	Pugh Rogefeldt	85	3
9	Jörgen Edman and Polarna	"Lilla stjärna"	Monica Carlsson, Pär Björk	29	9
10	Björn Skifs	"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"	Peter Himmelstrand	100	1

Voting

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total
"Idag är det vår"	5	4	7	3	6	4	4	5	2	6	6	52
"Nåt som gör dej glad"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
"Mademoiselle"	7	8	10	10	8	5	6	8	10	4	2	78
"Harlequin"	6	2	6	5	4	3	5	6	3	5	4	49
"Längtan om livet med dig"	4	7	12	7	5	7	8	10	12	8	5	85
"Miss Decibel"	10	10	4	8	10	12	12	12	5	7	10	100
"Åh, evergreens"	3	5	3	4	7	6	2	4	6	3	7	50
"Nattmara"	12	6	5	6	2	10	10	3	7	12	12	85
"Lilla stjärna"	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	4	2	3	28
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"	8	12	8	12	12	8	7	7	8	10	8	100

Tie-break

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total
"Miss Decibel"						1		1			1	3
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"	1	1	1	1	1		1		1	1		8

At Eurovision

Björn Skifs intended to sing in English, which could have disqualified him. At the last minute he decided to sing in Swedish, but he forgot the words to the start of the song and resorted to singing nonsense lyrics in its place for the first couple of bars.^{[citation needed]} He finished 14th (out of 20).^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Norway 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points  Ireland 4 points  Finland  United Kingdom 3 points  France 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points  Monaco 10 points  France 8 points  Ireland 7 points  Germany 6 points  Luxembourg 5 points  Austria 4 points  Belgium 3 points  United Kingdom 2 points  Greece 1 point  Netherlands