| Year: | 1971 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Preselection: | Melodifestivalen 1971 |
| Preselection Date: | Semi-finals 23 January 1971 30 January 1971 6 February 1971 13 February 1971 20 February 1971 Final 27 February 1971 |
| Entrant: | Family Four |
| Song: | Vita vidder |
| Final Result: | 6th, 85 points |
Sweden did not compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, as a protest against that four countries shared the victory the preceding year. They were, however, back for the 1971 contest. Five semi-finals were held, with the same three competitors in all of them, as part of the popular TV show Hylands hörna. The group Family Four won all of the semi-finals, and therefore sung all the songs in the final. The song "Vita vidder", written and composed by Håkan Elmquist, won and represented Sweden at ESC, held in Dublin.
Melodifestivalen 1971 was the selection for the 12th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 11th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1164 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. There were five semi-finals during the Hylands hörna programme, hosted by Lennart Hyland. Family Four, Tommy Körberg and Sylvia Vrethammar performed one song in each semi-final. Family Four won all five semi-finals, so all five finalists were performed by them. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Stockholm on 27 February 1971 and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
| Draw | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Min sång" | Bengt-Arne Wallin, Anja Notini-Wallin | 4th | 10 | |
| 2 | "Tjänare kärlek" | Peter Himmelstrand | 2nd | 17 | |
| 3 | "En sång om världen" | Anders Bergsjö, Göran Dalström | 5th | 9 | |
| 4 | "Heja mamma" | Peter Himmelstrand | 3rd | 11 | |
| 5 | "Vita vidder" | Håkan Elmquist | 1st | 22 |
Family Four finished 6th out of 18, scoring high points from Switzerland and the Netherlands.[1]
Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points.[2] The Swedish jury members were Eva Blomqvist and Putte Wickman.[3]