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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

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Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Participating broadcasterSveriges Radio (SR)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1969
Selection date(s)1 March 1969
Selected artist(s)Tommy Körberg
Selected song"Judy, min vän"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result9th, 8 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1968 1969 1971►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Judy, min vän", composed by Roger Wallis, with lyrics by Britt Lindeborg, and performed by Tommy Körberg. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1969. In the national final, a tie occurred between two songs, but after additional voting, the song "Judy, min vän" performed by Tommy Körberg, was selected over the other song, "Hej clown", written by Lasse Berghagen and later ABBA member Benny Andersson, and performed by Jan Malmsjö.

At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Madrid, "Judy, min vän" 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

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Melodifestivalen 1969

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Melodifestivalen 1969 was the selection for the 11th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 10th time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 2,402 songs were submitted to SR 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.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place Points (Tie-break)
1 Inger Öst "Du ser mig inte" Berndt Öst, Peter Himmelstrand 8th 1
2 Jan Malmsjö "Hej clown" Benny Andersson, Lasse Berghagen 2nd 31 (45)
3 Ann-Louise Hanson "Svensk flicka" Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling 4th 8
4 Tommy Körberg "Judy, min vän" Roger Wallis, Britt Lindeborg 1st 31 (54)
5 Lena Hansson "Du ger mig lust att leva" Johnny Carlsson 7th 3
6 Ola Håkansson "Du skänker mening åt mitt liv" Pierre Isacsson 10th 0
7 Britt Bergström "L, som i älskar dig" Staffan Ehrling, Kerstin Lindén 9th 0
8 Sten Nilsson "Gång på gång" Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling 3rd 13
9 Anni-Frid Lyngstad "Härlig är vår jord" Ivan Renliden 4th 8
10 Svante Thuresson "Sommarflicka" Pugh Rogefeldt 6th 4

At Eurovision

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Voting

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Madrid 1969". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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