Hosting cities of Melodifestivalen 2013 announced - Karlskrona, Karlstad and Skellefteå are back

Posted 11 September, 2012 - 18:54 by Tommy Engström

Today the swedish broadcaster SVT revealed the hosting cities of the national selection Melodifestivalen 2013. The MF-tour will start with the first Semifinal in Karlskrona on 2 February and end with the final in Friends Arena on 9 March. The host city of ESC 2013 Malmö will be the host of the fourth Semifinal.

The complete schedule for Melodifestivalen 2013:

Date	Heat	City	Arena
February 2	Semifinal 1	Karlskrona	Telenor Arena
February 9	Semifinal 2	Göteborg	Scandinavium
February 16	Semifinal 3	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena
February 23	Semifinal 4	Malmö	Malmö Arena
March 2	Second chance	Karlstad	Löfbergs Lila Arena
March 9	Final	Stockholm	Friends Arena

Stockholm has hosted the final all the way back to 2002 while Göteborg and Malmö have both been hosts of Melodifestivalen heats several times.
Karlskrona was a host city of a MF heat in 2006 and 2008, Skellefteå hosted a heat 2005 and 2009 and Karlstad was a host in 2004 and 2006.

Source(s):

SVT, EuroVisionary