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Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1980
Selection date(s)	8 March 1980
Selected artist(s)	Tomas Ledin
Selected song	"Just nu!"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tomas Ledin
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 47 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1979 • 1980 • 1981►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Just nu!", written and performed by Tomas Ledin. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1980.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1980

Melodifestivalen 1980 was the selection for the 20th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 19th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 120 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 8 March 1980, presented by Bengt Bedrup and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Voting

At Eurovision

At the final in The Hague, he came 10th (out of 19) with 47 points. He had the draw number #8. As of 2021, this is the most recent occasion on which Sweden has failed to score any points from the other participating Nordic nations (and, in turn, it is the most recent contest final to see the Swedish jury fail to award any points to another Nordic nation, save for 2016 when Sweden was the only Nordic nation in the final).

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points  Greece  Luxembourg 8 points  Turkey 7 points 6 points  Morocco 5 points  Italy   Switzerland 4 points 3 points 2 points  Germany 1 point  Spain

Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 12 points  United Kingdom 10 points  Italy 8 points  Portugal 7 points  Ireland 6 points  Luxembourg 5 points  Germany 4 points  France 3 points  Netherlands 2 points   Switzerland 1 point  Austria

References

1. "Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. ^ "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive

• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
• Melodifestivalen by year
• 1980 in Swedish music
• 1980 in Swedish television