Sweden selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 by holding an extending national selection , namely Melodifestivalen 2008 . A record of 3 489 entries were submitted to the broadcaster SVT , and 28 were chosen to compete . They were completed with 4 wildcards in the end of December . Melodifestivalen was also this year held on Saturdays , starting with the first of the four semi-finals on 9 February and ending with a final on 15 March . It was the last of the year 's national selections , as the official ESC draw was held on 17 March . Four songs progressed from each semi , two to the final and two to the second chance round , where the songs were competing in a knock-out round to gain the last two places in the final
Melodifestivalen 2008
Melodifestivalen 2008
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008