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Sweden in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Sweden
Sweden
Participating broadcasterSVT
Participation summary
Appearances18 (7 finals)
First appearance1986
Last appearance2024
Highest placement1st: 2006

Sweden has participated in the biennial classical music competition Eurovision Young Musicians 15 times since its debut in 1986, winning the contest for the first time in 2006. Sweden are yet to host the contest.[1]

In 1982 and 1984, Sweden alongside Denmark, Norway and Finland sent a joint participant to the contest. The nations were represented individually, following the introduction of a preliminary round, at the 1986 contest.

Participation overview

Albin Uusijärvi in Cologne (2014)
Eliot Nordqvist in Cologne (2016)
Table key
1
Winner
2
Second place
3
Third place
X
Entry selected but did not compete
Year[1] Entrant Instrument Final Semi
1986 Peter Jablonski Piano Did not qualify -
1988 Henrik Peterson Violin -
1990 Fedrik Fors Clarinet -
1992 Un­known -
1994 Malin Broman Violin 3 -
1996 Did not participate
1998 David Sjögren Violin - -
2000 David Gammelgård Cello Did not qualify -
2002 Jacob Korányi Cello
2004 Andrej Power Violin -
2006 Andreas Brantelid Cello 1 -
2008 Maria Verbaite Piano Did not qualify -
2010 Mattias Hanskov Palm Double bass -
2012 Did not participate
2014 Albin Uusijärvi Viola - No semifinal
2016 Eliot Nordqvist Piano -
2018 Johanna Ander Ljung Harp Did not qualify -
2020 Tekla Nilsson[2] Clarinet Contest cancelled[a] X
2022 Lukas Flink Trombone[3] - No semi-finals
2024 Hugo Svedberg[4] Cello[5] 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ a b "Country profile: Sweden". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ^ Granger, Anthony (5 January 2020). "Sweden: Tekla Nilsson Wins Polstjärnepriset". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ Granger, Anthony (March 27, 2022). "🇸🇪 Sweden: Lukas Flink to Eurovision Young Musicians 2022". Eurovoix.
  4. ^ "Cellisten Hugo Svedberg är korad vinnare av Polstjärnepriset 2024". YOMA Center. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  5. ^ Farren, Neil (2024-01-10). "🇸🇪 Sweden: Hugo Svedberg to Eurovision Young Musicians 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2024-01-10.