Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Sweden in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Participating broadcasterSveriges Television (SVT)
Country Sweden
Selection processMelodifestivalen 2023
Selection date11 March 2023
Competing entry
Song"Tattoo"
ArtistLoreen
SongwritersJimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
Jimmy Jansson
Lorine Talhaoui
Moa Carlebecker
Peter Boström
Thomas G:son
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (2nd, 135 points)
Final result1st, 583 points
Participation chronology
◄2022 2023 2024►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Tattoo", written by Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Lorine Talhaoui, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, and Thomas G:son, and performed by Talhaoui herself under her stage name Loreen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), organised Melodifestivalen 2023 in order to select its entry for the contest.

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.