Here is a list of all the Swedish ESC entries that appeared on the SE singles chart with the highest positions. Of the 50 songs that Sweden sent to the ESC in 1958-2010, on the chart were 31 songs performed by:

 

95 - Jan Johansen - 1 - 9 wks

04 - Lena Philipsson - 1 - 7

08 - Charlotte Perrelli - 1 - 5

07 - The Ark - 1 - 4

10 - Anna Bergendahl - 1 - 3

06 - Carola - 1 - 3

03 - Fame - 1 - 3

05 - Martin Stenmarck - 1 - 1

02 - Afro-Dite - 1 - 1

80 - Tomas Ledin - 1 - 1

09 - Malena Ernman - 2

00 - Roger Pontare - 2

99 - Charlotte Nilsson - 2

84 - Herrey's - 2

91 - Carola - 3

89 - Tommy Nilsson - 3

77 - Forbes - 3

01 - Friends - 4

97 - Blond - 4

82 - Chips - 4

98 - Jill Johnson - 5

92 - Christer Bjorkman - 5

83 - Carola Haggkvist - 5

96 - One More Time - 7

88 - Tommy Korberg - 8

78 - Bjorn Skifs - 8

93 - Arvingarna - 10

79 - Ted Gardestad - 10

81 - Bjorn Skifs - 11

90 - Edin-Adahl - 15

86 - Lasse Holm & Monica Tornell - 17

The singles only chart started in late 1975.

 

Earlier, in 1962-75, there was a different sales chart with singles and entire albums. At this moment I have complete information only about #1's on that chart. Among the songs that represented Sweden in those years, two were at the top:

 

69 - Tommy Korberg - 3 wks

68 - Claes-Goran Hederstrom - 2

 

In 1974 ABBA's entire album "Waterloo" spent 12 wks at #1. Single "Waterloo" in Swedish was at #2 and in English at #3.

 

If on the chart would only singles, "Waterloo" would be #1...

Poor Malena, the first since 2001 not to top the chart there! Stopped by the horrendous Tingallin :drama: The song that was the runner up in Melodifesitvalen 1995, Det Vackraste by Cecila Vennersten was as big if not bigger than Jan Johansen's song - it spent months and months in the top ten, eventually reaching #1 in Sweden a few months after the contest! Sweden really started taking ESC seriously in the 00's clearly, since the reinvention of Melodifestivalen in 2002 I guess which turned it more into a monumental and hyped yearly event rather than just 'let's pick our ESC entry'.