Over half a million votes were cast in Sweden during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest this year with Norway, the winning country, receiving over twice the votes of the runner up, Iceland.
Although the 2006 record, when 582.537 Swedes voted in the Eurovision Song Contest final, has not been broken yet, this year saw a considerable rise compared to the number of televotes cast in 2007 (516.207 votes) and 2008 (453.418 votes).
This is the way the Swedish public voted
Norway 136.171
Iceland 58.151
Bosnia & Herzegovina 57.818
Finland 47.722
Azerbaijan 39.145
Turkey 33.709
Denmark 26.635
Estonia 24.244
Albania 20.698
Armenia 15.918
Greece 14.450
United Kingdom 12.854
Israel 9.457
Malta 8.535
Ukraine 8.229
Germany 7.930
Portugal 7.894
Romania 7.638
Lithuania 7.446
Moldova 6.131
France 4.916
Russia 3.810
Croatia 3.752
Spain 3.672
