Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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Sweden| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Television (SVT) | |||
| Country | Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2025 | |||
| Selection date | 8 March 2025 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Bara bada bastu" | |||
| Artist | KAJ | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 118 points) | |||
| Final result | 4th, 321 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Bara bada bastu", written by Anderz Wrethov, Axel Åhman, Jakob Norrgård, Kevin Holmström, Kristofer Strandberg, and Robert Skowronski, and performed by Åhman, Norrgård, and Holmström as KAJ. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), organised Melodifestivalen 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 6, Sweden was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 17 May. It was later revealed that Sweden placed fourth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 118 points. In the final, Sweden performed in position 23 and placed fourth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 321 points.
Prior to the 2025 contest, Sveriges Radio (SR) until 1979, and Sveriges Television (SVT) since 1980, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Sweden sixty-three times since SR's first entry in 1958. They have won the contest on seven occasions (tying with Ireland for the most wins): in 1974 with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song "Fångad av en stormvind" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed by Loreen, in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw, and in 2023 with "Tattoo" again performed by Loreen, who became the second artist (after Ireland's Johnny Logan), as well as the first female artist, to win the contest more than once. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, the Swedish entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for 2010. As hosts in 2024, Sweden placed ninth with "Unforgettable" performed by Marcus & Martinus.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, SVT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1959, SR first and SVT later have organised the annual competition Melodifestivalen in order to select their entries for the contest.
