| Year: | 1990 |
| Broadcaster: | Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle) |
| Country: | Finland |
| Preselection: | National final |
| Preselection Date: | 17 February 1990 |
| Entrant: | Beat |
| Song: | Swedish: Fri?|i=no |
| Final Result: | 21st, 8 points |
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Swedish: Fri?|i=no", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause, and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
This was the first time that the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish at the Eurovision Song Contest. After that the only other time Finland has entered the contest with a song in Swedish was with "Swedish: När jag blundar|i=no" performed by Pernilla Karlsson.
Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle) held the national final on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. Eleven songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be Ossi Runne's last participation as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti, as he would conduct at Zagreb
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | and Apollo 16 | "Yön poika" | , Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, | 60 | 6 | |
| 2 | "Jag tror på friheten" | Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn | 92 | 2 | ||
| 3 | "Naurus sun katseesi sun" | , | 74 | 5 | ||
| 4 | "Satujen mies" | Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori | 32 | 10 | ||
| 5 | Arja Saijonmaa | "Gabriela" | , | 89 | 3 | |
| 6 | "Sua haluan" | Leena-Liisa Krasko | 48 | 8 | ||
| 7 | "Tuuli" | 59 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Beat | "Fri?" | Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom,, Stina Engblom | 95 | 1 | |
| 9 | "Katsot yötä tummaa" | Jussi Halme, Laila Halme | 38 | 9 | ||
| 10 | "Jälkees sun" | Jone Ullakko | 24 | 11 | ||
| 11 | "Du går så skyggt" | Curre Boucht, | 75 | 4 |
| + Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||
| Draw | Song | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yön poika" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 60 | |
| 2 | "Jag tror på friheten" | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 92 | |
| 3 | "Naurus sun katseesi sun" | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 74 | |
| 4 | "Satujen mies" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| 5 | "Gabriela" | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 89 | |
| 6 | "Sua haluan" | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 48 | |
| 7 | "Tuuli" | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 59 | |
| 8 | "Fri?" | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 95 | |
| 9 | "Katsot yötä tummaa" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 38 | |
| 10 | "Jälkees sun" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |
| 11 | "Du går så skyggt" | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 75 |
Beat performed last of 22, following . At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with .[1]