| Year: | 1963 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Preselection: | Melodifestivalen 1963 |
| Preselection Date: | 16 February 1963 |
| Entrant: | Monica Zetterlund |
| Song: | En gång i Stockholm |
| Final Result: | 13th, 0 points |
In the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, Sweden was represented by Monica Zetterlund, a popular jazz singer. Her song, written by Bobbie Ericsson and Beppe Wolgers, was called "En gång i Stockholm". Carli Thornehave also sang the winning song at the national final.
The contest, which was held in London, could have gone better for Sweden. They scored for the first (and so far only) time the infamous nul points.
Melodifestivalen 1963 (known as Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final) was the selection for the sixth song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fifth time that this system of picking a song had been used. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra, and one with a smaller orchestra. 816 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 16 February 1963, broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV, but was not broadcast on radio.
| Draw | Artist1 | Artist2 | Song | Songwriters | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lars Lönndahl | Gunnar Wiklund | "Vårens flickparad" | Britt Lindeborg | – | |
| 2 | Roffe Berg, Hasse Burman & Charlie Norman | Gerd Södergren | "Hong Kong-sång" | Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby | – | |
| 3 | Anna-Lena Löfgren | Ann-Louise Hanson | "Säg varför" | Ulf Källqvist | – | |
| 4 | Gerd Söderberg | Roffe Berg, Hasse Burman & Charlie Norman | "Storstadsmelodi" | Gunnar Lundén-Welden | 2nd | |
| 5 | Per & Ulf Lindqvist | Lily Berglund | "Rosen och vinden" | Owe Thörnqvist | – | |
| 6 | Monica Zetterlund | Carli Thornehave | "En gång i Stockholm" | Bobbie Ericson, Beppe Wolgers | 1st | |
| 7 | Lily Berglund | Mona Grain | "Sen igår är vi kära" | Carl Gyllenberg, Harry Arnold | – | |
| 8 | Tommy Jacobson | Bertil Englund | "Fröken Eko" | Britt Lindeborg | – | |
| 9 | Gunnar Wiklund | Tommy Jacobsson | "Scheherazde" | Åke Gerhard | – | |
| 10 | Mona Grain | Ann-Catrine Widlund | "Jag är så trött på allt det här" | Bo Harry Sandin | – | |
| 11 | Ann-Louise Hanson | Per & Ulf Lindqvist | "Zum zum zum, lilla sommarbi" | Sam Samson, Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf | – | |
| 12 | Carli Thornehave | Lars Lönndahl | "Twist till menuett" | Thore Skogman | 3rd |
Monica Zetterlund performed "En gång i Stockholm" at Eurovision, and became the first and only artist to score "nul points" for Sweden.
Sweden did not receive any points at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.[1]