I know you didn't ask but you said you don't have enough knowledge about Swedish entries in Swedish so I couldn't hold back I'm so sorry
These are some of my faves, please give a listen if you have time, I'd live to hear your opinions 🥰
1985: Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer
(80's was so fun can we go back pls)
1992: Carola - Fångad av en stormvind
(currently my favourite Swedish winner)
1993: Arvingarna - Eloise
(one of those songs I heard a lot in my childhood and only later learned it was an Esc entry)
1996: One More Time - Den Vilda
(huge favourite among Esc fans and for a good reason)
plus this Swedish version which they then translated to English for Eurovision (cowards), possibly my favourite Swedish entry of all time:
2000: Roger Pontare - När Vindarna viskar mitt namn
and for bonus round my favourite Melfest entry that didn't win:
2015: Jon Henrik Fjällgren - Jag Är Fri
Ooooooh nice nice nice let's see 👀
Bra vibrationer - Love the vibes of this one! This put me on a much better mood after the busy/tiring day I've had; good vibrations indeed 😍 In love with her pink blazer as well 💖
Fångad av en stormvind - Cute as heck!! Also, Carola is an incredible singer 💗_💗
Eloise - Fucking hell, this slaps so hard?!?! Why have y'all been hiding this from me 😭 The singer is so charismatic although all he did was stand still?! He sings so effortlessly and the song is SUPER catchy, it's giving me The Beatles vibes. I wish we had more genuinely great songs like this in the ESC these days (there's so much focus on the show nowadays that you sort of forget it's...a song contest, after all)
Den Vilda - This was so...pleasant? 🥺 Like, everything was perfectly in place and there wasn't too much of anything, yet it was incerdibly captivating (i.e. not boring in the slightest). Gives me Disney song vibes in a way (possibly because of the orchestral elements in the performance)
När Vindarna Viskar Mitt Namn - Okay this is just so cool and I decided I don't even need the English version in my life. Love the surprise modulation in the end
Jag Är Fri - This is so beautiful 😭 I actually have the world's vaguest memory of watching Melodifestivalen that year and being mad that *entry This And This* didn't win instead of Måns 💀 It might have been this particular entry even, the name rings a bell at least 🤔
Thank you so much for this!! I saw this ask in the morning and waited the whole day to be back at home so I could listen to these songs and it was just the perfect way to wind up a little after the day I've had. These were all such great songs and I'm not just saying that, I genuinely loved these 🥺🫶
