Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Participating broadcasterSveriges Radio (SR)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1973
Selection date(s)10 February 1973
Selected artist(s)Nova and the Dolls
Selected song"You're Summer"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result5th, 94 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1972 • 1973 • 1974►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "You're Summer", composed by Monica Dominique and Carl-Axel Dominique, with lyrics by Lars Forssell, and performed by Nova and the Dolls. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1973.

The winner of Melodifestivalen was the song "Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" ("Summer that never says no") performed by the group Malta. To avoid being confused with the country of Malta, who did not participate in that year's contest, they changed their name to "The Nova" (with their backing group The Dolls) for the contest. The song was translated into English with the title "You're Summer" for Eurovision. Another of the competitors of Melodifestivalen was a group of four who, later in the year, would become ABBA, but they only finished 3rd with "Ring Ring".

Before Eurovision

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Melodifestivalen 1973

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Melodifestivalen 1973 was the selection for the 14th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 13th time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. SR held the final in its television studios in Stockholm on 10 February 1973, presented by Alicia Lundberg and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

The third place act, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn, and Benny, returned to take part in Melodifestivalen 1974 under their new moniker ABBA.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place Points
1 Lasse Berghagen "Ding-Dong" Lasse Berghagen 7th 3
2 Ted Gärdestad "Oh, vilken härlig dag" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad 4th 7
3 Inga-Lill Nilsson "En frusen ros" Mats Olsson, Karin Stigmark 9th 0
4 Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid "Ring Ring" Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson 3rd 8
5 Glenmarks "En liten sång som alla andra" Östen Warnerbring 4th 7
6 Kerstin Aulén and Mona Wessman "Helledudane en sån karl" Peter Himmelstrand 9th 0
7 Claes-Göran Hederström "Historien om en vän" Claes Dieden, Anders Henriksson, Karin Stigmark 8th 1
8 Lill-Babs "Avsked från en vän" Peter Totth, Britt Lindeborg 4th 7
9 Malta "Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" Monica Dominique, Carl-Axel Dominique, Lars Forssell 1st 37
10 Ann-Kristin Hedmark "I våran värld" Bengt-Arne Wallin, Anja Notini-Wallin 2nd 29

At Eurovision

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The contest was held in Luxembourg and Sweden was drawn into spot 12. They finished 5th (out of 17).[1]

Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated in a television studio in Luxembourg.[2] The Swedish jury members were Lena Andersson and Lars Samuelson.[3]

Voting

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References

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  1. ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 60, 124. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
  3. ^ Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna (in Swedish). Stockholm: Premium Publishing. pp. 102–103. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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