Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | |
| National selection events |
National Final
Internal Selection
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| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 11 |
| First appearance | 2003 |
| Last appearance | 2014 |
| Best result | 3rd: 2006 |
| Worst result | 15th: 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| External links | |
| Sweden's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeSweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 |
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Sweden has participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 11 times since its inception in 2003. Two broadcasters have been responsible for Sweden's entries at Junior Eurovision - from 2003 to 2005 Sveriges Television (SVT) was responsible, before withdrawing with other Nordic broadcasters. From 2006 to 2009, commercial broadcaster TV4 was responsible for Sweden's entry at the Junior Eurovision.
TV4 withdrew from the 2008 Contest after two entries due to other plans being made during the time of the contest, however they returned to the contest in 2009.
On 9 April 2010, TV4 decided to withdraw again from Junior Eurovision in Minsk. However the EBU confirmed on 28 July 2010 that Sweden would be in the contest, after SVT decided to return to the contest. On 29 June 2015, it was announced that SVT would withdraw for one year. However, as of 2016, Sweden are yet to return to the contest.
Sweden are one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Much like it did for the Eurovision, Sveriges Television managed the national selection for the Junior Eurovision from 2003 to 2005. SVT used a spin-off of Melodifestivalen, Lilla Melodifestivalen, which debuted in 2002 to select an entry for MGP Nordic, a then one-off junior song contest between Sweden and 2 other Nordic countries (which was temporarily put on hiatus when the JESC was established), to select its entry.
However, after the 2005 contest, SVT, along with Norway's NRK and Denmark's DR, jointly pulled out of the JESC due to concerns about the treatment of the participants in the contest, and eventually reviving MGP Nordic afterwards.
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