All the Melodifestivalen winning songs that have charted in Sweden

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As the Melodifestivalen Final takes place this weekend we take a look at all the Melodifestivalen winning songs that have charted in Sweden.

Sweden's Eurovision national selection show, Melodifestivalen, has taken place for well over 60 years and is used to find their artist to represent Sweden at Eurovision.

49 Melodifestivalen winning songs have charted on the Swedish national singles chart.

The first single to chart was Sweden’s first Eurovision winning entry Waterloo by ABBA in 1974, the Swedish version of the song reached No. 2 and the English version reached No. 3 and was prevented from reaching the coveted spot due to ABBA’s album Waterloo, more on that later.

In this list we have ranked all the charting singles in order of their peak positions, then number of weeks at their peak, then number of weeks in the chart.

This list has been complied from the swedishcharts.com archive which you can find here.

swedishcharts.com is complied by the following charts:

• Combined album and singles sales chart (complied by Kvällstoppen) before 1975

• Topplistan from 1975 to 1997

• Hitlistan from 1998 to 2007

• National record chart - Sverigetopplistan 2008 to present day

  
  

Let’s take a look at the Melfest winning entries that charted in Sweden:

49. Lotta Engberg - Fyra Bugg och en Coca Cola (1987)

No. 19 - 1 week on chart

48. Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm - E’ de' det här du kallar kärlek? (1986)

No. 17 - 2 weeks at peak - 2 weeks on chart

47. Edin-Ådahl - Som en vind (1990)

No. 15 - 2 weeks on chart

46. Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer (1985)

No. 12 - 8 weeks on chart

45. Björn Skifs - Fångad i en dröm (1981)

No. 11 - 3 weeks on chart

44. Ted Gärdestad - Satellit (1979)

No. 10 - 4 weeks on chart

43. Arvingarna - Eloise (1993)

No. 10 - 9 weeks on chart

42. Björn Skifs - Det blir alltid värre framåt natten (1978)

No. 8 - 4 weeks on chart

41. Tommy Körberg - Stad i ljus (1988)

No. 8 - 17 weeks on chart

40. One More Time - Den vilda (1996)

No. 7 - 2 weeks at peak - 19 weeks on chart

39. Christer Björkman - I morgon är en annan dag (1992)

No. 5 - 6 weeks on chart

38. Jill Johnson - Kärleken är (1998)

No. 5 - 20 weeks on chart

37. Carola - Främling (1983)

No. 5 - 2 weeks at peak - 4 weeks on chart

36. Chips - Dag efter dag (1982)

No. 4 - 6 weeks on chart

35. Friends - Lyssna till ditt hjärta (2001)

No. 4 - 25 weeks on chart

34. Blond - Bara hon älskar mig (1997)

No. 4 - 2 weeks at peak - 16 weeks on chart

33. Tommy Nilsson - En dag (1989)

No. 3 - 5 weeks on chart

32. Carola - Fångad av en stormvind’ (1991)

No. 3 - 6 weeks on chart

31. Forbes - Beatles (1977)

No. 3 - 7 weeks on chart

30. Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On (2017)

No. 3 - 17 weeks on chart

29. Herreys - Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley (1984)

No. 2 - 6 weeks on chart

28. Sanna Nielsen - Undo (2014)

No. 2 - 16 weeks on chart

27. Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off (2018)

No. 2 - 17 weeks on chart

=25. Malena Ernman - La voix (2009)

No. 2 - 19 weeks on chart

=25. Charlotte Nilsson - Tusen och en natt (1999)

No. 2 - 19 weeks on chart

24. Roger Pontare - När vindarna viskar mitt namn (2000)

No. 2 - 2 weeks at peak - 22 weeks on chart

23. ABBA - Waterloo (1974)

No. 2 on the chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgduYEf7xdE

Waterloo was immensely popular in Sweden, but did not reach No. 1 as it was held back from the top spot by ABBA’s album Waterloo.

Music sales were combined back then by Kvällstoppen, and the weekly chart was combined with both album and singles together.

At the peak of the song's popularity, its Swedish and English versions reached No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

In Australia Waterloo reached No. 4 in the singles chart and it makes it the highest charting Swedish Eurovision entry on the Australian charts.

22. Tomas Ledin - Just nu! (1980)

No. 1 - 8 weeks on chart

21. The Mamas - Move (2020)

No. 1 - 13 weeks on chart

=19. Martin Stenmarck - Las Vegas (2005)

No.1 - 17 weeks on chart

=19. Afro-dite - Never Let It Go (2002)

No. 1 - 17 weeks on chart

18. Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable (2024)

No. 1 - 1 week at peak - 15 weeks on chart

17. Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes (2015)

No. 1 - 2 weeks at peak - 24 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDLJ41d11t02c&v=LJ41d11t02c

Måns Zelmerlöw managed to take the Melodifestivalen crown on his third attempt with Heroes in 2015 and represented Sweden at Eurovision.

He managed to reach the top spot of Sweden’s singles chart for two weeks and got his second Swedish No.1 since 2007 when he reached the top spot with his Melodifestivalen 2007 entry Cara Mia.

In Australia Heroes reached No. 19 in the singles chart and is the second highest charting Swedish Eurovision entry in Australia.

16. Tusse - Voices (2021)

No. 1 - 2 weeks at peak - 26 weeks on chart

15. Fame - Give Me Your Love (2003)

No. 1 - 3 weeks at peak - 18 weeks on chart

14. Carola - Evighet (2006)

No. 1 - 3 weeks at peak - 24 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDm9ghEC3wiIc&v=m9ghEC3wiIc

Carola's third winning Melfest entry Evighet reached No. 1 for 3 weeks, it remains her most successful single on the Swedish charts and her only No. 1 song.

The English version of the song which Carola performed at Eurovision, Invincible reached No. 29.

13. Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer (2022)

No. 1 - 3 weeks at peak - 30 weeks on chart

12. Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life (2010)

No. 1 - 4 weeks at peak - 17 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNk6CZ77ags

Anna Bergendahl won Melfest during her debut in the Contest in 2010 with This Is My Life. At Eurovision it is the only Swedish entry to fail to qualify to the Grand Final but that didn’t stop the song from being a hit in Sweden.

This Is My Life reached No. 1 for four consecutive weeks. It remains Anna's only No. 1 hit single.

She would go on to return to Melodifestivalen five more times.

11. The Ark - The Worrying Kind (2007)

No. 1 - 4 weeks at peak - 20 weeks on chart

10. John Lundvik - Too Late for Love (2019)

No. 1 - 4 weeks at peak - 26 weeks on chart

9. Loreen - Tattoo (2023)

No. 1 - 4 weeks at peak - 46 weeks on chart

8. Charlotte Perrelli - Hero (2008)

No. 1 - 5 weeks at peak - 19 weeks on chart

7. Robin Stjernberg - You (2013)

No. 1 - 5 weeks at peak - 22 weeks on chart

6. Frans - If I Were Sorry (2016)

No. 1 - 5 weeks at peak - 25 weeks on chart

5. Eric Saade - Popular (2011)

No. 1 - 5 weeks at peak - 27 weeks on chart

4. Loreen - Euphoria (2012)

No. 1 - 6 weeks at peak - 43 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy2mcARuvuM

After being knocked out in the Second Chance round in Melfest 2011 with the song My Heart Is refusing Me, Loreen would return the following year with a huge anthemic entry Euphoria.

The song won Melfest and then won Eurovision securing Sweden their fifth Eurovision win.

Euphoria went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide. It charted across Europe, and reached No. 1 in seventeen countries, making it the most successfully charting Eurovision song ever. It also charted in Australia reaching No. 36 on the ARIA singles chart and No. 4 on the ARIA dance chart.

In Sweden Euphoria reached No. 1 for six weeks.

3. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont (2004)

No. 1 - 7 weeks at peak - 37 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGuvuCbbKw8

After entering Melodifestivalen three previous times as an artist and two previous times as a songwriter Lena Philipsson finally found her crowning glory with the song Det gör ont in 2004.

The Swedish version of the song charted exceptionally well in Sweden staying at the top spot at No. 1 for seven weeks.

The English version It Hurts, which Lena competed with at Eurovision 2004, reached No. 4 in Sweden.

2. Jan Johansen - Se på mig (1995)

No. 1 - 9 weeks at peak - 31 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyQ1k0KIDDk

Se på mig, which translates to "Look At Me", spent nine weeks at No. 1 in the Sverigetopplistan singles charts in 1995.

It was a popular song throughout Sweden, it impressively remained at the No. 1 spot in the Svensktoppen (a weekly record chart which airs on Sveriges Radio) for 15 weeks.

Since 1995 Johansen has entered Melodifestivalen another four times in 2001, 2002, 2003 and again in 2020 where he participated in the second semi-final replacing Thorsten Flinck who was disqualified.

In 2021, Johansen was elected into the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame.

1. KAJ - Bara bada bastu (2025)

No. 1 - 13 weeks at peak - 46 weeks on chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28__O2Ngc74

KAJ were one of the favourites at Melodifestivalen 2025 who went on to topple the former Eurovision. winner Måns Zelmerlöw to take out the crown.

The trio reached No. 1 on the Swedish charts where they remained for a whopping 13 weeks, making them the artist with the longest running Melodifestivalen winning song in Swedish chart history.

On Spotify their entry Bara bada bastu has amassed over 120 million streams.

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