Sweden organised a national preselection called Melodifestivalen 2001 . SVT received 1,567 songs , of which 10 were chosen to compete in the show . Winner was last year 's runner-up , the group Friends with the typical schlager song " Lyssna till ditt hjärta " . It was written by Thomas G : son and Henrik Sethson , and was accused of plagiarism from the 1996 Belgian entry " Liefde is een kaartspel "
Melodifestivalen 2001
Melodifestivalen 2001
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001