This year Sweden’s Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest, which marks different milestones, since Loreen is the only female vocalist to have won the contest twice, in 2012 (Euphoria) and 2023 (Tattoo). Next to this, she is the second artist to have won the contest twice, Irish Johnny Logan managed to do so in both 1980 (What’s Another Year) and 1987 (Hold Me Now). It also marks Sweden’s seventh Eurovision win (1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, and 2023), which means that both Sweden and Ireland top the list with both the same number of wins.
A short history
Sweden participated for the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest when the third edition of the contest was being held back in 1958. Because of their annual national selection, “Melodifestivalen”, which is taken as seriously as the actual international contest, Sweden is known to make the right choices when it comes down to their entries for Eurovision, and because of it the country scores very well almost every year since their first participation.
Some statistiscs
Below you can find a couple of statistics about Sweden’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Sweden ended in 3rd position 6 times.
- The country ended in 2nd position 1 time.
- Sweden ended in 1st position 7 times.
- The 7 Swedisch winners are: Loreen (2023, Tattoo), Måns Zelmerlöw (2015, Heroes), Loreen (2012, Euphoria), Charlotte Nilsson (1999, Take Me to Your Heaven), Carola (1991, Fångad av en stormvind), Herrey’s (1984, Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley), and of course, ABBA (1974, Waterloo).
- Swedish band, ABBA, is the most well-known Eurovision act to date, and their song, Waterloo, is the most-famous Eurovision song ever.
- Sweden is known to be the best hosts of the contest; other countries use the blueprints of the Swedes to host the contest.
- Swedish songwriters are being asked a lot to write songs for the Eurovision Song Contest for other countries.
Eurovision 2023
This year’s contest is won by Sweden’s Loreen with the song “Tattoo”. Loreen’s win marks the first time a female singer has won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, since Loreen also won the 2012 song contest with the song “Euphoria”, which is one of the most successful songs in Eurovision history. Next to this, Loreen is the second singer to win the contest twice; Irish Johnny Logan came before her.