Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

Sweden chose its entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1960 by the national final, Melodifestivalen 1960. The winning song, "Alla andra får varann" was performed once by Östen Warnerbring and once by Ingrid Berggren. However Sveriges Radio decided that Siw Malmkvist would represent Sweden, as she had been denied that the previous year.

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1960
Selection date(s)Semi-final
28 December 1959
Final
2 February 1960
Selected entrantSiw Malmkvist
Selected song"Alla andra får varann"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result10th, 4 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1959 • 1960 • 1961►

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1960

Melodifestivalen 1960 was the selection for the third song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the second time that this system of picking a song had been used.

In contrast to the previous year, where only members of the Swedish songwriters association SKAP could take part, the submission was open for everyone.[1] Before the submission deadline on 25 September 1959, approximately 1100 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition.[1][2] From October 1959, eight radio preselection rounds with two songs each were held in the program Säg det med musik, with a jury consisting of Roland Eiworth, Ulf Peder Olrog and Willard Ringstrand which determined which eight songs would reach the televised semi-final.[3] In the semi-final, held on 28 December 1959, and broadcast on television and Sveriges Radio P1, the eight songs were reduced to four by a different jury consisting of seven members.[1][3]

Final

The final was held on 2 February 1960 at Cirkus, Stockholm and was broadcast under the title Eurovisionsschlagern - svensk final on Sveriges Radio TV, Sveriges Radio P1, as well as on Norwegian and Danish television via the Nordvision network.[1][2] Arne Arnbom served as producer, the presenter was Jeanette von Heidenstam.[2][3]

At the final of Melodifestivalen two artists sang the same song, one accompanied by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Thore Erling, and the other artist with a smaller ensemble led by Göte Wilhelmson.[2][3]

As interval acts, Kari Sylwan performed a ballet dance to the music of "Over the rainbow", and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra played a medley of songs from previous Eurovision Song Contests, including "Nel blu dipinto di blu", "Dors mon amour", "Uh, jeg ville ønske, jeg var dig" and "Piove".[2]

Four "expert" juries sitting in four different locations (Luleå, Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm) decided the winning song.[1][2] The songwriters of the competing entries were only revealed after the announcement of the winning song.[2] Östen Warnerbring performed a short reprise of the winning song "Alla andra får varann" but in the aftermatch of the final, it was the previous year's winner Siw Malmkvist who was chosen as singer at Eurovision.[2]

Eurovisionsschlagern - Final[2][3]
R/O Artist 1 Artist 2 Song Songwriters Place Points
1Britt Damberg1Mona Grain2"Nancy, Nancy"Sune Borg, Åke Gerhard456
2Inger Berggren2Östen Warnerbring1"Alla andra får varann"Ulf Källqvist, Åke Gerhard185
3Mona Grain1Britt Damberg2"Alexander"Åke Gerhard367
4Östen Warnerbring2Inger Berggren1"Underbar, så underbar"Per Lindqvist276
  • 1 Performer with large orchestra
  • 2 Performer with smaller ensemble
Detailed regional jury voting results[2]
Song Stockholm Gothenburg Malmö Luleå Total
"Nancy, Nancy"1012211356
"Alla andra får varann"1620193085
"Alexander"1411241867
"Underbar, så underbar"1810252376


Semifinalists
Artist Song Songwriters
Tommy Jacobsson"Vårens första flicka"Gunnar Hoffsten, Åke Gerhard
Bertil Englund"Flicka med positiv"Bobbie Ericson, Eric Sandström
Lill-Babs"En kyss"Albert Stenbock, Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf
Lars Lönndahl"Res med mig"Bobbie Ericson, Eric Sandström

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Siw Malmkvist performed 2nd in the running order, following United Kingdom and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Alla andra får varann" had received 4 points, placing Sweden joint 10th (with Denmark) of the 13 entries. The Swedish jury awarded its highest mark (4) to Belgium and to contest winners France.[4]

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

References
  1. Björnberg, Alf (1987). En liten sång som alla andra: Melodifestivalen 1959-1983. Skrifter från Musikvetenskapliga institutionen, no. 14 (in Swedish). Göteborg. pp. 14–15, 237–238. ISBN 91-85974-05-6. ISSN 0348-0879. OCLC 256130335.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Eurovisionschlagern - svensk final (Television production) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Television. 2 February 1960.
  3. "Melodifestivalen 1960" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013.
  4. ESC History - Sweden 1960
  5. "Results of the Final of London 1960". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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