| Eurovision Song Contest 1969 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1969 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 1 March 1969 | |||
| Selected entrant | Tommy Körberg | |||
| Selected song | "Judy, min vän" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 8 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden chose their entrant for Eurovision Song Contest 1969 through Melodifestivalen 1969. A tie occurred between two songs, but after additional voting, the song "Judy, min vän" with Tommy Körberg was selected. It was written by Roger Wallis and Britt Lindeborg. The other song, "Hej clown" was written by Lasse Berghagen and later ABBA member Benny Andersson.
At ESC, held in Madrid, Tommy finished 9th out of 16. Most points came from Sweden's neighbours, Norway and Finland. Sharing the 9th place was Germany, represented by the Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist, who had also represented Sweden in 1960. She did, however, not get any points from Sweden.
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1969
Melodifestivalen 1969 was the selection for the 11th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 10th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2,402 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 1 March 1969, hosted by Pekka Langer and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. This was the first time a tie occurred for first place in the competition.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points (Tie-break) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inger Öst | "Du ser mig inte" | Berndt Öst, Peter Himmelstrand | 8th | 1 |
| 2 | Jan Malmsjö | "Hej clown" | Benny Andersson, Lasse Berghagen | 2nd | 31 (45) |
| 3 | Ann-Louise Hanson | "Svensk flicka" | Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling | 4th | 8 |
| 4 | Tommy Körberg | "Judy, min vän" | Roger Wallis, Britt Lindeborg | 1st | 31 (54) |
| 5 | Lena Hansson | "Du ger mig lust att leva" | Johnny Carlsson | 7th | 3 |
| 6 | Ola Håkansson | "Du skänker mening åt mitt liv" | Pierre Isacsson | 10th | 0 |
| 7 | Britt Bergström | "L, som i älskar dej" | Staffan Ehrling, Kerstin Lindén | 9th | 0 |
| 8 | Sten Nilsson | "Gång på gång" | Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling | 3rd | 13 |
| 9 | Anni-Frid Lyngstad | "Härlig är vår jord" | Ivan Renliden | 4th | 8 |
| 10 | Svante Thuresson | "Sommarflicka" | Pugh Rogefeldt | 6th | 4 |
At Eurovision
Voting
References
- 1 2 "Results of the Final of Madrid 1969". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.