Melodifestivalen 1981
| Melodifestivalen 1981 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 21 February 1981 |
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| Venue | Cirkus, Stockholm |
| Presenter(s) | Janne Loffe Carlsson |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Regional juries |
| Winning song | "Fångad i en dröm" by Björn Skifs |
Melodifestivalen 1981 was the selection for the 21st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 20th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. It was the second time that Lasse Holm and Kikki Danielsson had been beaten into second place by Björn Skifs, after 1978.
Results
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Kicki Moberg | "Men natten är vår" | Agnetha Fältskog, Ingela "Pling" Forsman | 28 | 5th |
| 2 | Janne Lucas Persson | "Rock 'n' Roll Mountain" | Janne Lucas Persson, Göran Ledstedt | 50 | 3rd |
| 3 | Sweets 'n' Chips | "God morgon" | Lasse Holm, Torgny Söderberg | 57 | 2nd |
| 4 | Anders Glenmark | "Det är mitt liv" | Anders Glenmark | 41 | 4th |
| 5 | Björn Skifs | "Fångad i en dröm" | Björn Skifs, Bengt Palmers | 59 | 1st |
Voting
Juries
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| "Men natten är vår" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| "Rock 'n' Roll Mountain" | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| "God morgon" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 53 |
| "Det är mitt liv" | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 41 |
| "Fångad i en dröm" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 59 |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 1981
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981