For our Summer 2026 feature series, we are celebrating 25 years of Melodifestivalen on tour. We will take a look at the songs that have progressed direct to the final over the past two and a half decades. Today we are looking at the songs that have progressed from Skellefteå.

2013 – Heat Three

The third heat of 2013 took place at the Skellefteå Kraft Arena, in Skellefteå. Ravaillacz took first place (111,255 votes), with “En riktig jävla schlager”, while State of Drama took second place (80,059 votes), with “Falling”.

2017 – Heat Four

The fourth heat of 2017 took place at the Skellefteå Kraft Arena, in Skellefteå. Wiktoria took first place (1,072,380 votes), with “As I Lay Me Down”, while Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia took second place (916,354 votes), with “En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)”.

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland & YouTube/AppleSaucer92/João Marcos Batista Fonseca/SVT