The Swedish Final was held on March 1st at the Globe Theatre in Stockholm, hosted by Kristin Kaspersen & Claes Åkesson. The winner was chosen by 50% televoting, 50% regional juries – Afro-Dite was the favourite with both. Before the final, there were 5 semi-finals
The Semifinals
The Swedish Semi-Finals were hosted by Kristin Kaspersen & Claes Åkeson. The first four semi-finals had two rounds of voting. In the first round, the 8 songs were performed and there was a televote. Then in the second round, the top 4 songs were performed again, followed by another televote. The top 2 songs went forward to the final, while the 3rd/4th placed songs went forward to the 5th semi-final, where a jury of former Swedish Final winners selected 2 of the songs to go forward to the final. The jury consisted of: Siw Malmkvist, Lasse Holm, Jill Johnson, Tommy Nilsson, Charlotte Nilsson, Svante Thuresson, Roger Pontare and Nanne Grönvall.
Semi-Final 1 – 19th January – Tipshallen, Växjö
| 1 | Last to know | Last to know | Excellence | 16928 | 23081 | 4th |
| 2 | Blue as her angel eyes | Blue as her angel eyes | Tom Nordahl | 4137 | – | 7th |
| 3 | Världen utanför | The world outside | Barbados | 44899 | 52309 | 3rd |
| 4 | Du har rört vid min själ | You have touched my soul | Camilla Lindén | 15549 | – | 5th |
| 5 | Kom och ta mig | Come and get me | Brandsta City Släckers | 59007 | 71194 | 1st |
| 6 | Hollywood-do | Hollywood-do | Zoë | 12733 | – | 6th |
| 7 | En värld som alltid brinner | A world always on fire | Richard Sköld | 3352 | – | 8th |
| 8 | Adrenaline | Adrenaline | Mendez | 45731 | 52632 | 2nd |
Semi-Final 2 – 26th January – Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
| 1 | What difference does it make | What difference does it make | Poets | 22232 | 28560 | 3rd |
| 2 | Ingenting, ingenting | Nothing, nothing | Jennifer Newberry | 2360 | – | 8th |
| 3 | No hay nada más | There is nothing more | Javiera | 25023 | 31915 | 2nd |
| 4 | Du och jag (i hela världen) | You and I (in the whole world) | Martin | 5787 | – | 7th |
| 5 | Sluta | Stop | Ann-Louise & Molle | 9227 | – | 6th |
| 6 | Ge mig mitt hjärta tillbaka | Give me my heart back | Jakob Stadell & Voice Boys | 13604 | – | 5th |
| 7 | Never let it go | Never let it go | Afro-Dite | 56029 | 89487 | 1st |
| 8 | Sail away | Sail away | Annika Ljungberg | 13907 | 12596 | 4th |
Semi-Final 3 – 2nd February – Nordichallen, Sundsvall
| 1 | Back again | Back again | Tove Jaarnek | 9053 | – | 7th |
| 2 | Det innersta rummet | The inner self | Date | 14127 | 17674 | 4th |
| 3 | You’re the best thing | You’re the best thing | Linda Grip | 2679 | – | 8th |
| 4 | Ingenting är större än vi | Nothing is greater than us | Arvingarna | 10186 | – | 6th |
| 5 | Hon kommer med solsken | She comes with the sunshine | Östen med Resten | 33570 | 46553 | 1st |
| 6 | Tidig är tiden | Time is limited | Rolf Carlsson | 11000 | 19104 | 3rd |
| 7 | Hon är en annan nu | She is another one now | Sylvia Vrethammar | 10251 | – | 5th |
| 8 | Big time party | Big time party | Hanna & Lina | 21821 | 23093 | 2nd |
Semi-Final 4 – 8th February – Lugnet, Falun
| 1 | Son of a liar | Son of a liar | Kina Jaarnek | 14186 | 25578 | 4th |
| 2 | Ge mig himlen för en dag | Give me heaven for one day | Solo | 9447 | – | 7th |
| 3 | I want you | I want you | Niklas Andersson | 8354 | – | 8th |
| 4 | The one that you need | The one that you need | Friends | 24584 | 40188 | 2nd |
| 5 | It takes 2 | It takes 2 | The Honeydrops | 10277 | – | 6th |
| 6 | Vem é dé du vill ha | Who is it that you want | Kikki, Bettan & Lotta | 69514 | 66048 | 1st |
| 7 | Sista andetaget | The last breath | Jan Johansen | 23201 | 29140 | 3rd |
| 8 | Vackrare nu | More beautiful now | Fredrik Wännman | 11214 | – | 5th |
Semi-Final 5 – 22nd February
| 1 | Last to know | Last to know | Excellence | 7th |
| 2 | Världen utanför | The world outside | Barbados | 1st |
| 3 | Sail away | Sail away | Annika Ljungberg | 3rd |
| 4 | What difference does it make | What difference does it make | Poets | 5th |
| 5 | Tidig är tiden | Time is limited | Rolf Carlsson | 8th |
| 6 | Det innersta rummet | The inner self | Date | 6th |
| 7 | Son of a liar | Son of a liar | Kina Jaarnek | 4th |
| 8 | Sista andetaget | The last breath | Jan Johansen | 1st |
Arvingarna represented Sweden in ESC 1993.
The Final
| 1 | Never let it go | Never let it go | Afro-Dite | 248 | 1st |
| 2 | Kom och ta mig | Come and get me | Brandsta City Släckers | 88 | 5th |
| 3 | No hay nada más | There is nothing more | Javiera | 71 | 6th |
| 4 | Världen utanför | The world outside | Barbados | 90 | 4th |
| 5 | Big time party | Big time party | Hanna & Lina | 43 | 9th |
| 6 | Hon kommer med solsken | She comes with the sunshine | Östen med Resten | 33 | 10th |
| 7 | The one that you need | The one that you need | Friends | 46 | 8th |
| 8 | Vem é dé du vill ha | Who is it that you want | Kikki, Bettan & Lotta | 100 | 3rd |
| 9 | Sista andetaget | The last breath | Jan Johansen | 65 | 7th |
| 10 | Adrenaline | Adrenaline | Mendez | 162 | 2nd |
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- Afro-Dite includes Gladys del Pilar who previously came 2nd in the 1994 Swedish Final. At the ESC they were 8th.
- Friends represented Sweden in ESC 2001.
- Kikki (Danielsson) represented Sweden in 1982 & 1985. Bettan (Elisabeth Andreassen) represented Sweden in 1982, Norway in 1985, 1994 & 1996. Lotta (Engberg) was a backing singer for The Herreys in the 1984 ESC before representing Sweden herself in 1987.
- Jan Johansen represented Sweden in 1995.