Melodifestivalen translated as ( The Melody Festival ) is an annual music competition organised by Sveriges Television ( SVT ) and Sveriges Radio ( SR ) to determine Sweden 's representative song and performer at the Eurovision Song Contest . Melodifestivalen ( mÉ lÊ Ë diË fÉ stÉ vÉ ` Ë lÉ n , `` The Melody Festival '' ) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television ( SVT ) and Sveriges Radio ( SR ) . It determines the country 's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest , and has been staged almost every year since 1959 .