Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 explained

Year:1969
Country:Sweden
Preselection:Melodifestivalen 1969
Preselection Date:1 March 1969
Entrant:Tommy Körberg
Song:Judy, min vän
Final Result:9th, 8 points

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.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PlacePoints (Tie-break)
1Inger Öst"Du ser mig inte"Berndt Öst, Peter Himmelstrand8th1
2Jan Malmsjö"Hej clown"Benny Andersson, Lasse Berghagen2nd31 (45)
3Ann-Louise Hanson"Svensk flicka"Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling4th8
4Tommy Körberg"Judy, min vän"Roger Wallis, Britt Lindeborg1st31 (54)
5Lena Hansson"Du ger mig lust att leva"Johnny Carlsson7th3
6Ola Håkansson"Du skänker mening åt mitt liv"Pierre Isacsson10th0
7Britt Bergström"L, som i älskar dig"Staffan Ehrling, Kerstin Lindén9th0
8Sten Nilsson"Gång på gång"Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling3rd13
9Anni-Frid Lyngstad"Härlig är vår jord"Ivan Renliden4th8
10Svante Thuresson"Sommarflicka"Pugh Rogefeldt6th4

At Eurovision

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the Final of Madrid 1969 . Eurovision Song Contest . 8 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210408110448/https://eurovision.tv/event/madrid-1969/final/results/sweden . 8 April 2021 . live.