| Year: | 1960 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Preselection: | Melodifestivalen 1960 |
| Preselection Date: | Semi-final 28 December 1959 Final 2 February 1960 |
| Entrant: | Siw Malmkvist |
| Song: | Alla andra får varann |
| Final Result: | 10th, 4 points |
Sweden chose its entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1960 by the national final, Melodifestivalen 1960. The winning song, "Alla andra får varann" was performed once by Östen Warnerbring and once by Ingrid Berggren. However Sveriges Radio decided that Siw Malmkvist would represent Sweden, as she had been denied that the previous year.
Melodifestivalen 1960 was the selection for the third song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the second time that this system of picking a song had been used.
In contrast to the previous year, where only members of the Swedish songwriters association could take part, the submission was open for everyone.[1] Before the submission deadline on 25 September 1959, approximately 1100 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. From October 1959, eight radio preselection rounds with two songs each were held in the program Säg det med musik, with a jury consisting of, Ulf Peder Olrog and which determined which eight songs would reach the televised semi-final. In the semi-final, held on 28 December 1959, and broadcast on television and Sveriges Radio P1, the eight songs were reduced to four by a different jury consisting of seven members.
The final was held on 2 February 1960 at Cirkus, Stockholm and was broadcast under the title Eurovisionsschlagern - svensk final on Sveriges Radio TV, Sveriges Radio P1, as well as on Norwegian and Danish television via the Nordvision network.[2] served as producer, the presenter was .
At the final of Melodifestivalen two artists sang the same song, one accompanied by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Thore Erling, and the other artist with a smaller ensemble led by .[3]
As interval acts, Kari Sylwan performed a ballet dance to the music of "Over the rainbow", and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra played a medley of songs from previous Eurovision Song Contests, including "Nel blu dipinto di blu", "Dors mon amour", "Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig" and "Piove".
Four "expert" juries sitting in four different locations (Luleå, Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm) decided the winning song. The songwriters of the competing entries were only revealed after the announcement of the winning song. Östen Warnerbring performed a short reprise of the winning song "Alla andra får varann". The previous year's winner Siw Malmkvist was selected to sing the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in the aftermath of the final.
| 1 | Britt Damberg1 | 2 | "Nancy, Nancy" | Sune Borg, Åke Gerhard | 4 | 56 | |
| 2 | Inger Berggren2 | Östen Warnerbring1 | "Alla andra får varann" | Ulf Källqvist, Åke Gerhard | 1 | 85 | |
| 3 | 1 | Britt Damberg2 | "Alexander" | Åke Gerhard | 3 | 67 | |
| 4 | Östen Warnerbring2 | Inger Berggren1 | "Underbar, så underbar" | Per Lindqvist | 2 | 76 |
| Stockholm | Gothenburg | Malmö | Luleå | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Nancy, Nancy" | 10 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 56 | |
| "Alla andra får varann" | 16 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 85 | |
| "Alexander" | 14 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 67 | |
| "Underbar, så underbar" | 18 | 10 | 25 | 23 | 76 |
| "Vårens första flicka" | Gunnar Hoffsten, Åke Gerhard | ||
| "Flicka med positiv" | Bobbie Ericson, Eric Sandström | ||
| "En kyss" | Albert Stenbock, Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf | ||
| "Res med mig" | Bobbie Ericson, Eric Sandström |
On the night of the final Siw Malmkvist performed 2nd in the running order, following United Kingdom and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Alla andra får varann" had received 4 points, placing Sweden joint 10th (with Denmark) of the 13 entries. The Swedish jury awarded its highest mark (4) to Belgium and to contest winners France.[4]
Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.