Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Appearance
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Eurovision Song Contest 1968 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1968 | |||
Selection date(s) | 9 March 1968 | |||
Selected entrant | Claes-Göran Hederström | |||
Selected song | "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Peter Himmelstrand | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 5th, 15 points | |||
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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In the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, Sweden was represented by Claes-Göran Hederström with the song "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig", written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand. It finished 5th (out of 17) with 15 points, including 6 from Norway, the highest number of votes awarded that year.
Before Eurovision
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1968
[edit]Melodifestivalen 1968 was the selection for the 10th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the ninth time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2233 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 9 March 1968, hosted by Magnus Banck and was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Place | Points |
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1 | Svante Thuresson | "Du är en vårvind i April" | Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling | 2nd | 21 |
2 | Anna-Lena Löfgren | "Jag vill tro" | Britt Lindeborg | 6th | 5 |
3 | Claes-Göran Hederström | "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" | Peter Himmelstrand | 1st | 23 |
4 | Towa Carson | "Du vet var jag finns" | Peter Himmelstrand | 3rd | 15 |
5 | Svante Thuresson and Östen Warnerbring | "Här kommer pojkar" | Sven Bergcrantz, Östen Warnerbring | 5th | 13 |
6 | Britt Bergström | "Fri hos dig" | Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg | 9th | 1 |
7 | Gunnar Wiklund | "Jag ser en värld" | Marcus Österdahl, Bengt Sundström | 7th | 3 |
8 | Cecilia Stam | "Låt mig få va' ifred" | Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg | 7th | 3 |
9 | Lars Lönndahl | "Du och jag och våren" | Thore Skogman | 10th | 0 |
10 | Mona Wessman | "Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk" | Peter Himmelstrand | 3rd | 15 |
At Eurovision
[edit]Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.