| Year: | 1986 |
| Broadcaster: | Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=no (SVT) |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Preselection: | Melodifestivalen 1986 |
| Preselection Date: | 22 March 1986 |
| Entrant: | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell |
| Song: | Swedish: E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?|i=no |
| Final Result: | 5th, 78 points |
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Swedish: E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?|i=no", written by Lasse Holm, and performed by Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=no (SVT), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1986.
Melodifestivalen 1986 was the contest for the 26th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. 90 songs had been submitted to Swedish: [[Sveriges Television]]|i=no (SVT) for the competition; 10 of these were performed at the contest, which was held at Cirkus in Stockholm on 22 March 1986. It was presented by Lennart Swahn and Tommy Engstrand and was broadcast on TV1. No orchestra was used, and instead the ten songs were broadcast as music videos. The five songs that qualified for the second round were performed live to backing track.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Tillberg | "ABCD" | Svante Persson, Dan Tillberg, Ingela 'Pling' Forsman | - | - | |
| 2 | Git Persson | "Du förför mig" | Anders Berglund, Lotta Winberg | - | - | |
| 3 | Style | "Dover–Calais" | Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin | 33 | 3rd | |
| 4 | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | Lasse Holm | 64 | 1st | |
| 5 | Anna Book | "ABC" | Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren | 24 | 5th | |
| 6 | Sound of Music | "Eldorado" | Peter Grönvall, Angélique Widengren, Nanne Nordqvist | 26 | 4th | |
| 7 | Baden-Baden | "Jag har en dröm" | Martin Contra, Björn Frisén, Keith Almgren | - | - | |
| 8 | Fredrik Willstrand | "Fem i tolv" | Joakim Bergman, Monica Forsberg | - | - | |
| 9 | Lena Philipsson | "Kärleken är evig" | Torgny Söderberg, Per Gessle | 42 | 2nd | |
| 10 | Karin Risberg | "Stopp, stopp, stanna" | Kjell Lövbom, Peo Thyrén | - | - |
| Song | 56–60 | 51–55 | 46–50 | 41–45 | 36–40 | 31–35 | 26–30 | 21–25 | 15–20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Dover-Calais" | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 33 | |
| "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 64 | |
| "ABC" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |
| "Eldorado" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | |
| "Kärleken är evig" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 42 |