| Year: | 1981 |
| Broadcaster: | Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=no (SVT) |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Preselection: | Melodifestivalen 1981 |
| Preselection Date: | 21 February 1981 |
| Entrant: | Björn Skifs |
| Song: | Swedish: [[Fångad i en dröm]]|i=no |
| Final Result: | 10th, 50 points |
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song Swedish: [[Fångad i en dröm]]|i=no, written by Björn Skifs and Bengt Palmers, and performed by Skifs himself. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=no (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1981. Skifs had previously represented .
Melodifestivalen 1981 was the selection for the 21st song to represent 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 Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=no (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 21 February 1981, presented by Janne Loffe Carlsson and 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 .
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rocky Mountain" | Janne Lucas Persson, Göran Ledstedt | 50 | 3rd | ||
| 2 | "Det är mitt liv - det är jag" | 41 | 4th | |||
| 3 | Kicki Moberg | "Men natten är vår" | 28 | 5th | ||
| 4 | "Fångad i en dröm" | Björn Skifs, Bengt Palmers | 59 | 1st | ||
| 5 | "God morgon" | 57 | 2nd |
| Song | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | "Rocky Mountain" | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50 | |
| align=left | "Det är mitt liv - det är jag" | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 41 | |
| align=left | "Men natten är vår" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 | |
| align=left | "Fångad i en dröm" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 59 | |
| align=left | "God morgon" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 57 |
At the contest, this year held in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden was drawn #20, at the very end of the start field. The song earned maximum points from and 10 points from, and finally ended up 10th with 50 points.[1]