Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Sweden participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Tattoo" performed by Loreen. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised Melodifestivalen 2023 in order to select its entry for the contest.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | ||||
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| Country | Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2023 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 4 February 2023 11 February 2023 18 February 2023 25 February 2023 Semi-final: 4 March 2023 Final: 11 March 2023 | |||
| Selected entrant | Loreen | |||
| Selected song | "Tattoo" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt Jimmy Jansson Lorine Talhaoui Moa Carlebecker Peter Boström Thomas G:son | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 135 points) | |||
| Final result | 1st, 583 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2023. Performing during the show in position 11, "Tattoo" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Sweden placed second out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 135 points. In the final, Sweden performed in position 9 and placed first out of the 26 participating countries, winning the contest with 583 points.
This was Sweden's seventh win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having last won in 2015, therefore tying Ireland's record for the most victories in the contest. Loreen also became the second performer, after Ireland's Johnny Logan, and the first female artist to win the contest on more than one occasion.