Lied van Liedjes 37

This was the thirty-seventh Lied van Liedjes to be held. The contest would be held in Stockholm, Sweden, following their victory at the previous contest with winning song, "Hold Me" by Elle Jakob. The Semi-Finals would occur on Tuesday 23 September 2003 and Thursday 25 September 2003. The Grand Final would take place on Saturday 27 September 2003.

Lucia Danielsen returned as executive producer, alongside the director Eila Kekkonen. The coordinator was chosen as Alexander Ahlberg, who had coordinated the previous Swedish-hosted 20th contest. As Malmo had hosted the previous time Sweden had, Stockholm was chosen as the host city in a ballot between there and Gothenburg.

37 countries participated in the contest. Turkey and Azerbaijan withdrew due to poor results while Cyprus returned to the contest.

Pot Draw
Italics indicate a returning country.

Semi Final 1
and would vote in this Semi Final. It took place on Tuesday 26th August 2003.

Semi Final 2
,, and would vote in this Semi-Final. It took place on Thursday 28th August 2003.

Non-participation due to financial problems

 * - Broadcaster cited financial difficulties and lack of desire to take part in any upcoming contests.
 * - Cited financial issues and lack of other Arab nations in the contest.
 * - Cited financial issues and lack of other Arab nations in the contest.
 * - Cited financial issues.
 * - Cited financial issues.
 * - Cited financial issues and lack of other Arab nations in the contest.
 * - Cited financial issues.
 * - Cited financial issues and lack of other Arab nations in the contest.
 * - Cited financial issues and political problems with the broadcaster.
 * - Cited financial issues and lack of other Arab nations in the contest.
 * - Cited financial issues and lack of other Arab nations in the contest.
 * - Cited financial issues and long travel times. Expressed interest if their participation fee were paid by a foreign nation.

Non-participation due to protest

 * - New delegation leadership refused to apply in protest.
 * - New delegation leadership refused to apply in protest.

Non-participation due to unknown/other reasons

 * - Mentioned a possible return to the contest in the future, but was uninterested as of now.

Yet to debut

 * - Insufficient financial issues, and political issues surrounding the broadcaster.
 * - Citing long travel times and lack of interest in the population but have expressed interest in debuting in the future.
 * - Citing long travel times and lack of interest in the population but have expressed interest in debuting in the future.
 * - Lack of interest in the population or the broadcaster, but have expressed interest previously and have dedicated fanbases