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SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, has confirmed that Sweden will compete at the forthcoming 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.

Thus Sweden joins the list of countries who so far have confirmed their participation at next year’s Eurovision edition.

Sweden will be sticking to its iconic traditional national selection Melodifestivalen in order to select its Eurovision 2027 act and entry. The Swedish national broadcaster has published the rules and regulations for Melodifestivalen 2027.

Sweden in Eurovision

Sweden debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 and has won Europe’s favorite television show 7 times ( 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012, 2015, 2023) and has hosted the competition thrice in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), thrice in Malmo (1992, 2013, 2024) and once in Goteborg (1985).

Sweden has been enjoying much success in the competition in recent years, Nordic country has achieved 11 TOP 10 placings in the contest in the past 14 years including 3 victories.The Nordic country has partaken 64 times in the competition throughout its history.

In 2026 Felicia represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna  with her entry ‘My System‘.

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.