Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1990.The final was held in the Rondo in Gothenburg on 9 March 1990, presented by Carin Hjulström and was broadcast on TV2 but not on radio.The show was watched by 5,964,000 people, the biggest recorded audience for the competition (74.1% of Sweden's 1990 population).Edin-Ådahl won the Melodifestivalen with the song "Som en vind", written by Mikael Wendt, and beating 1983 representative Carola Häggkvist to second place.At the close of the voting they had received 24 points, being placed 16th of 22 countries competing.