Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song , written by Björn Skifs and Bengt Palmers, and performed by Skifs himself. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1981. Skifs had previously represented .
1981 was the selection for the 21st song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 20th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 90 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the in Stockholm on 21 February 1981, presented by Janne Loffe Carlsson and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. It was the second time that Lasse Holm and Kikki Danielsson had been beaten into second place by Björn Skifs, after .
At the contest, this year held in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden was drawn #20, at the very end of the start field. The song earned maximum points from and 10 points from , and finally ended up 10th with 50 points.