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Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1972
Selection date(s)12 February 1972
Selected entrantFamily Four
Selected song"Härliga sommardag"
Selected songwriter(s)Håkan Elmquist
Finals performance
Final result13th, 75 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1971 • 1972 • 1973►

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.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1972

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.[citation needed] 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 Eurovision

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]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Edinburgh 1972". 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, 89. 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. 94–95. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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