For the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, Sweden chose their entrant in a national selection called Melodifestivalen 1972. About 1,000 entries were submitted, and Sveriges Radio picked 10 of them for the final. Family Four, last year's representative, won, again with "Härliga sommardag", a song written by Håkan Elmquist.
Melodifestivalen 1972 was the selection for the 13th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 12th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Approximately 1,000 songs were submitted to Sveriges Radio for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 12 February 1972, presented by Gunilla Marcus and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Östen Warnerbring | "Sån e' du sån e' jag" | Peter Himmelstrand | 2nd | 17 | |
| 2 | Sylvia Vrethammar | "Din egen melodi" | Peter Himmelstrand | 10th | 1 | |
| 3 | Cornelis Vreeswijk | "Önskar du mig, så önskar jag dig" | Cornelis Vreeswijk | 6th | 8 | |
| 4 | Family Four | "Härliga sommardag" | Håkan Elmquist | 1st | 24 | |
| 5 | Kisa Magnusson | "Kär och sisådär" | Peter Himmelstrand | 5th | 9 | |
| 6 | Lena Andersson | "Säg det med en sång" | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 3rd | 12 | |
| 7 | Björn Skifs | "Andra kan väl också se" | Anders Henriksson, Claes Dieden, Bo Carlgren | 9th | 4 | |
| 8 | Kjerstin Dellert | "Kärlek behöver inga ord" | Curt Peterson, Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg | 4th | 10 | |
| 9 | Tomas Ledin | "Då ska jag spela" | Tomas Ledin | 8th | 6 | |
| 10 | Monica Zetterlund | "Krama mig och dansa" | Tommy Körberg, Lars Nordlander | 6th | 8 |
At ESC, they finished 13th (out of 18).[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 in the Grand Hall of Edinburgh Castle.[2] The Swedish jury members were Titti Sjöblom and Arne Domnérus.[3]