Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Just nu!", written and performed by Tomas Ledin. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1980.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1980
Selection date	8 March 1980
Competing entry
Song	"Just nu!"
Artist	Tomas Ledin
Songwriter	Tomas Ledin
Placement
Final result	10th, 47 points
Participation chronology
◄1979 • 1980 • 1981►

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1980

Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 8 March 1980, presented by Bengt Bedrup and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Tomas Ledin	"Just nu!"	Tomas Ledin	112	1
2	Paul Paljett	"Tusen sekunder"	Britta Johansson, Torgny Söderberg	32	9
3	Kenta	"Utan att fråga"	Kenta Gustafsson, Bo Rosendahl	56	6
4	Eva Dahlgren	"Jag ger mig inte"	Eva Dahlgren	48	7
5	Ted Gärdestad and Annica Boller	"Låt solen värma dig"	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	57	5
6	Chips	"Mycke' mycke' mer"	Torgny Söderberg, Lasse Holm	75	4
7	Liza Öhman	"Hit men inte längre"	Bengt Palmers	94	3
8	Lasse Lindbom	"För dina bruna ögons skull"	Per Gessle, Mats Persson	27	10
9	Janne Lucas	"Växeln hallå"	Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand	96	2
10	Tania	"Å sjuttiotal"	Torgny Söderberg	41	8

Voting

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total
"Just nu!"	12	8	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	6	10	112
"Tusen sekunder"	2	4	1	2	3	1	2	6	4	4	3	32
"Utan att fråga"	5	12	6	6	6	8	3	2	3	3	2	56
"Jag ger mig inte"	4	5	3	4	2	6	8	5	2	5	4	48
"Låt solen värma dig"	6	2	12	7	7	3	4	7	6	2	1	57
"Mycke' mycke' mer"	8	6	5	5	4	5	12	8	5	10	7	75
"Hit men inte längre"	7	10	8	8	8	7	6	10	10	8	12	94
"För dina bruna ögons skull"	1	1	4	3	5	4	1	1	1	1	5	27
"Växeln hallå"	10	7	7	12	12	10	7	4	7	12	8	96
"Å sjuttiotal"	3	3	2	1	1	2	5	3	8	7	6	41

At Eurovision

At the final in The Hague, he came 10th (out of 19) with 47 points. He had the draw number #8.^[1] As of 2021, this is the most recent occasion on which Sweden has failed to score any points from the other participating Nordic nations (and, in turn, it was the last contest final until 2024 to see the Swedish jury fail to award any points to another Nordic nation, save for 2016 when Sweden was the only Nordic nation in the final).^{[citation needed]}

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points  Greece  Luxembourg 8 points  Turkey 7 points 6 points  Morocco 5 points  Italy   Switzerland 4 points 3 points 2 points  Germany 1 point  Spain

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