| Year: | 2023 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Preselection: | Swedish: [[Melodifestivalen 2023]]|italics=no |
| Preselection Date: | Heats: 4 February 2023 11 February 2023 18 February 2023 25 February 2023 Semi-final: 4 March 2023 Final: 11 March 2023 |
| Entrant: | Loreen |
| Song: | Tattoo |
| Sf Result: | Qualified (2nd, 135 points) |
| Final Result: | 1st, 583 points |
Sweden participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Tattoo" performed by Loreen.[1] The Swedish broadcaster Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|italics=no (SVT) organised Swedish: [[Melodifestivalen 2023]]|i=no 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, therefore tying '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.[2]
See main article: Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2023 contest, Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-one times since its first entry in . Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in with the song "Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in with the song "Swedish: [[Fångad av en stormvind]]|italics=no" performed by Carola, in with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in with the song "Euphoria" performed by Loreen, and in with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the, Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final, except for .[3] This includes its entry, "Hold Me Closer" performed by Cornelia Jakobs, which finished in fourth place with 438 points.
The Swedish national broadcaster, Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|italics=no (SVT), broadcasts the event within Sweden and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since 1959, SVT has organised the annual competition Swedish: [[Melodifestivalen]]|italics=no in order to select the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
See main article: Melodifestivalen 2023. The 2023 edition of Swedish: Melodifestivalen|italics=no featured four heats, a semi-final (replacing the previously held Second Chance round) and a final, and saw 28 acts compete. It was held between 4 February and 11 March 2023, concluding with a final held at the Friends Arena in Stockholm.[4] After the cancellation of the traditional tour around six cities of the country (namely Malmö, Gothenburg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and Stockholm) for the previous edition due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant, SVT subsequently announced that the six cities would host the tour in 2023 instead, with new dates.
The final took place on 11 March 2023 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Juries | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Arc North Adam Woods | "Where You Are (Sávežan)" | 23 | 58 | 81 | 4 | |
| 2 | Tone Sekelius | "Rhythm of My Show" | 15 | 5 | 20 | 12 | |
| 3 | Mariette | "One Day" | 35 | 16 | 51 | 8 | |
| 4 | Marcus & Martinus | "Air" | 71 | 67 | 138 | 2 | |
| 5 | Panetoz | "On My Way" | 22 | 25 | 47 | 10 | |
| 6 | Maria Sur | "Never Give Up" | 10 | 37 | 47 | 9 | |
| 7 | Smash Into Pieces | "Six Feet Under" | 53 | 59 | 112 | 3 | |
| 8 | Kiana | "Where Did You Go" | 37 | 39 | 76 | 6 | |
| 9 | Nordman | "" | 8 | 36 | 44 | 11 | |
| - | 10 | Loreen | "Tattoo" | 92 | 85 | 177 | 1 |
| 11 | Theoz | "" | 42 | 36 | 78 | 5 | |
| 12 | Paul Rey | "Royals" | 56 | 1 | 57 | 7 |
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Sweden has been placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 9 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[5]
Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Sweden was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from and before the entry from .[6]
At the end of the show, Sweden was announced as a qualifier for the final.
The following members comprised the Swedish jury:
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| Draw | Country | Televote | ||
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| Rank | Points | |||
| 01 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 02 | 13 | |||
| 03 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 04 | 12 | |||
| 05 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 06 | 11 | |||
| 07 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 08 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 09 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | ||||
| 12 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 12 | ||
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