| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 6 February 2010 13 February 2010 20 February 2010 27 February 2010 Second Chance: 6 March 2010 Final: 13 March 2010 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Anna Bergendahl | |||
| Selected song | "This Is My Life" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "This Is My Life" written by Bobby Ljunggren and Kristian Lagerström. The song was performed by Anna Bergendahl. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2010 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "This Is My Life" performed by Anna Bergendahl emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from six international jury groups, five regional jury groups and a public vote.
Sweden was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 6, "This Is My Life" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Sweden failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Sweden placed eleventh out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 62 points.