Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?", written by Lasse Holm, and performed by Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1986.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1986
Selection date	22 March 1986
Competing entry
Song	"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
Artist	Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell
Songwriter	Lasse Holm
Placement
Final result	5th, 78 points
Participation chronology
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1986

Melodifestivalen 1986 was the contest for the 26th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. 90 songs had been submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition; 10 of these were performed at the contest, which was held at Cirkus in Stockholm on 22 March 1986. It was presented by Lennart Swahn and Tommy Engstrand and was broadcast on TV1. No orchestra was used, and instead the ten songs were broadcast as music videos. The five songs that qualified for the second round were performed live to backing track.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Dan Tillberg	"ABCD"	Svante Persson, Dan Tillberg, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman	-	-
2	Git Persson	"Du förför mig"	Anders Berglund, Lotta Winberg	-	-
3	Style	"Dover–Calais"	Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin	33	3rd
4	Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell	"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"	Lasse Holm	64	1st
5	Anna Book	"ABC"	Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren	24	5th
6	Sound of Music	"Eldorado"	Peter Grönvall, Angélique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist	26	4th
7	Baden-Baden	"Jag har en dröm"	Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren	-	-
8	Fredrik Willstrand	"Fem i tolv"	Joakim Bergman, Monica Forsberg	-	-
9	Lena Philipsson	"Kärleken är evig"	Torgny Söderberg, Per Gessle	42	2nd
10	Karin Risberg	"Stopp, stopp, stanna"	Kjell Lövbom, Peo Thyrén	-	-

Voting

Song	56–60	51–55	46–50	41–45	36–40	31–35	26–30	21–25	15–20	Total
"Dover-Calais"	6	2	4	4	1	1	1	6	8	33
"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	6	64
"ABC"	2	4	6	2	2	4	2	1	1	24
"Eldorado"	4	1	2	1	4	2	6	4	2	26
"Kärleken är evig"	1	6	1	8	8	8	4	2	4	42

At Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[1] Score Country 12 points  Iceland   Switzerland 10 points 8 points 7 points  Norway  Spain  Yugoslavia 6 points  Denmark 5 points  Austria  Finland  Luxembourg 4 points  Germany 3 points  Netherlands  United Kingdom 2 points  France 1 point

Points awarded by Sweden[1] Score Country 12 points   Switzerland 10 points  Luxembourg 8 points  United Kingdom 7 points  Ireland 6 points  Belgium 5 points  Germany 4 points  Denmark 3 points  France 2 points  Iceland 1 point  Yugoslavia