Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1972
Selection date(s)	12 February 1972
Selected artist(s)	Family Four
Selected song	"Härliga sommardag"
Selected songwriter(s)	Håkan Elmquist
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 75 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Härliga sommardag", written by Håkan Elmquist, and performed by Family Four. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1972. Family Four had already represented Sweden at the 1971 contest.

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 Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. Approximately 1,000 songs were submitted to SR 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 the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, "Härliga sommardag" finished 13th (out of 18).^[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 the Grand Hall of Edinburgh Castle.^[2] The Swedish jury members were Titti Sjöblom and Arne Domnérus.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden^[4]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points	Belgium Yugoslavia
6 points
5 points	Finland Germany Ireland Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway
4 points	Austria Malta Portugal
3 points	France Italy Spain United Kingdom
2 points	Switzerland

Points awarded by Sweden^[4]
Score	Country
10 points	Austria
9 points
8 points	Germany Italy Luxembourg
7 points	Portugal Spain
6 points	Netherlands United Kingdom
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Finland Norway Switzerland Yugoslavia
3 points	Malta Monaco
2 points	Belgium France

References

^ "Final of Edinburgh 1972". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.