Eurovision: The times the contest was organized in Sweden

Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest no less than 7 times, which means that, together with Ireland, Sweden is the country that has won the contest the most in its past 67 editions. Sweden produced the second artist that has won the contest twice, and because of this also the first woman who has won the contest twice, which is of course, Loreen. Ireland’s Johnny Logan is the first contestant ever to have won the competition twice, and the first man to have won twice.

This year’s contest in Malmö (Sweden) marks the seventh time that Sweden is going to host the contest. Sweden’s first win was in 1975 when ABBA won with “Waterloo”, and their most recent win is Loreen’s “Tattoo”.

Sweden as a Eurovision host country trivia

Below you can find the years in which Sweden organized the contest and some trivia about that specific year.

1975: March 22^nd – Stockholm (20^th edition of the contest)

• Swedish winners of year before: ABBA – Waterloo.
• The venue of the 1975 contest was St. Eriks Mässan Àlvsjö.
• 19 countries competed.
• The Netherlands won (Teach-In – Ding-a-Dong), followed by the United Kingdom and Italy.

1985: May 4^th – Gothenburg (30^th edition of the contest)

• Swedish winners of the year before: Herreys – Diggi-loo, Diggi-ley.
• The venue of the 1985 contest was Scandinavium.
• 19 countries competed.
• Norway won (Bobbysocks – La det swinge), followed by Germany and Sweden.

1992: May 9^th – Malmö (37^th edition of the contest)

• Swedish winner of the year before: Carola – Fångad av en stormvind.
• The venue of the 1992 contest was the Malmö Isstadion.
• 23 countries competed.
• Ireland won (Linda Martin – Why Me?), followed by the United Kingdom and Malta.

2000: May 13^th – Stockholm (45^th edition of the contest)

• Swedish winner of the year before: Charlotte Nilsson/Perrelli – Take Me To Your Heaven
• The venue of the 2000 contest was the Ericsson Globe.
• 24 countries competed.
• Denmark won (The Olsen Brothers – Fly On The Wings of Love), followed by Russia and Latvia.

2013: May 14^th, 16^th, and 18^th – Malmö (58^th edition of the contest)

• Swedish winner of the year before: Loreen – Euphoria.
• The venue of the 2013 contest was the Malmö Arena.
• 39 countries competed. 26 in the Grand Final.
• The winner was Denmark (Emmelie de Forrest – Only Teardrops), followed by Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

2016: May 10^th, 12^th, and 14^th – Stockholm (61^st edition of the contest)

• Swedish winner of the year before: Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes.
• The venue of the 2016 contest was the Ericsson Globe.
• 42 countries competed. 26 in the Grand Final.
• The winner was Ukraine (Jamala – 1944), followed by Australia and Russia.

2024: May 7^th, 9^th, and 11^th – Malmö (68^th edition of the contest)

• Swedish winner of the year before: Loreen – Tattoo.
• The venue of the 2024 contest is the Malmö Arena.
• 37 countries will compete. 26 in the Grand Final.