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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.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Radio (SR) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1973 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 10 February 1973 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Nova and the Dolls | |||
| Selected song | "You're Summer" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 94 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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
editMelodifestivalen 1973
editMelodifestivalen 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 |
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| 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1973". 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, 124. 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. 102–103. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.