Sweden used a national preselction called '' Melodifestivalen 1983 '' to select an entry for the 28th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest . Winner , being the first participant ever to get maximum points from all of the eleven juries , was the 17-year-old and then unknown Carola Häggkvist , who quickly went on to be one of Sweden 's most popular singers . The song she competed with was called '' Främling '' . It was written by Lasse Holm and Monica Forsberg , who had also written the previous winning song together
Melodifestivalen 1983
Melodifestivalen 1983
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983