Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1968
Selection date(s)	9 March 1968
Selected artist(s)	Claes-Göran Hederström
Selected song	"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"
Selected songwriter(s)	Peter Himmelstrand
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 15 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig", written by Peter Himmelstrand, and performed by Claes-Göran Hederström. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1968. The entry finished 5th (out of 17) with 15 points, including 6 from Norway, the highest number of votes awarded that year.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1968

Melodifestivalen 1968 was the selection for the 10th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the ninth time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 2233 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 9 March 1968, hosted by Magnus Banck and was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Place	Points
1	Svante Thuresson	"Du är en vårvind i April"	Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling	2nd	21
2	Anna-Lena Löfgren	"Jag vill tro"	Britt Lindeborg	6th	5
3	Claes-Göran Hederström	"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"	Peter Himmelstrand	1st	23
4	Towa Carson	"Du vet var jag finns"	Peter Himmelstrand	3rd	15
5	Svante Thuresson and Östen Warnerbring	"Här kommer pojkar"	Sven Bergcrantz, Östen Warnerbring	5th	13
6	Britt Bergström	"Fri hos dig"	Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg	9th	1
7	Gunnar Wiklund	"Jag ser en värld"	Marcus Österdahl, Bengt Sundström	7th	3
8	Cecilia Stam	"Låt mig få va' ifred"	Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg	7th	3
9	Lars Lönndahl	"Du och jag och våren"	Thore Skogman	10th	0
10	Mona Wessman	"Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk"	Peter Himmelstrand	3rd	15

At Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden^[1]
Score	Country
6 points	Norway
4 points	Ireland
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Finland Netherlands Portugal

Points awarded by Sweden^[1]
Score	Country
4 points	Ireland
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Germany
1 point	France

References

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links

[1968detailed-1] "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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Songs	"Absent Friend" "Alla andra får varann" "April, april" "Augustin" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Beatles" "Boogaloo" "Bra vibrationer" "Dag efter dag" "Dance You Off" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Eloise" "En dag" "En gång i Stockholm" "Euphoria" "Fångad av en stormvind" "Fångad i en dröm" "Främling" "Give Me Your Love" "Härliga sommardag" "Hero" "Heroes" "Hold Me Closer" "I Can't Go On" "I morgon är en annan dag" "If I Were Sorry" "Invincible" "It Hurts" "Jennie, Jennie" "Judy, min vän" "Just nu!" "Kärleken är" "Las Vegas" "Lilla stjärna" "Listen to Your Heartbeat" ~~"Move"~~ "Never Let It Go" "Nygammal vals" "Popular" "Satellit" "Se på mej" "Sol och vår" "Som en dröm" "Som en vind" "Stad i ljus" "Stjärnorna" "Take Me to Your Heaven" "Tattoo" "This Is My Life" "Too Late for Love" "Undo" "Unforgettable" "Den vilda" "Vita vidder" "Voices" "La Voix" "Waterloo" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "The Worrying Kind" "You" "You're Summer"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Isabelle Aubret Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel Odd Børre Luci Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić Sergio Endrigo Karel Gott Kristina Hautala Claes-Göran Hederström Line and Willy Claude Lombard Gianni Mascolo Massiel Pat McGeegan Carlos Mendes Wencke Myhre Cliff Richard Ronnie Tober
Songs	"À chacun sa chanson" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Congratulations" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej" "Guardando il sole" "Ein Hoch der Liebe" "Jedan dan" "Kun kello käy" "La La La" "Marianne" "Morgen" "Nous vivrons d'amour" "Quand tu reviendras" "La Source" "Stress" "Tausend Fenster" "Verão"

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