Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1960
Participating broadcasterSveriges Radio (SR)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processSong: National final
Artist: Internal selection
Selection date(s)Semi-final
28 December 1959
Final
2 February 1960
Selected artist(s)Siw 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►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with the song "Alla andra får varann", composed by Ulf Kjellqvist, with lyrics by Åke Gerhard, and performed by Siw Malmkvist. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through a national final. The song was performed once by Östen Warnerbring and once by Ingrid Berggren at the national final, however SR decided that Malmkvist would represent Sweden, as she had been denied that the previous year.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final (retroactively often referred to as Melodifestivalen 1960) was the selection for the third song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the second time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song.

In contrast to the previous year, where only members of the Swedish songwriters association SKAP [sv] could take part, the submission was open for everyone.[1] Before the submission deadline on 25 September 1959, approximately 1100 songs were submitted to SR 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 [sv], Ulf Peder Olrog and Willard Ringstrand [sv] 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 [sv] served as producer, the presenter was Jeanette von Heidenstam [sv].[2][3]

At the final 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 [sv].[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". The previous year's winner Siw Malmkvist was selected to sing the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in the aftermath of the final.[2]

Eurovisionsschlagern - svensk final[2][3]
R/O Artist 1 Artist 2 Song Songwriters Place Points
1 Britt Damberg1 Mona Grain [sv]2 "Nancy, Nancy" Sune Borg, Åke Gerhard 4 56
2 Inger Berggren2 Östen Warnerbring1 "Alla andra får varann" Ulf Källqvist, Åke Gerhard 1 85
3 Mona Grain [sv]1 Britt Damberg2 "Alexander" Åke Gerhard 3 67
4 Östen Warnerbring2 Inger Berggren1 "Underbar, så underbar" Per Lindqvist 2 76
  • 1 Performer with large orchestra
  • 2 Performer with smaller ensemble
Detailed regional jury voting results[2]
Song
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Malmö
Luleå
 Total
"Nancy, Nancy" 10 12 21 13 56
"Alla andra får varann" 16 20 19 30 85
"Alexander" 14 11 24 18 67
"Underbar, så underbar" 18 10 25 23 76
Semifinalists[citation needed]
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 participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Eurovisionschlagern - svensk final (Television production) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges Television. 2 February 1960.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Melodifestivalen 1960" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013.
  4. ^ ESC History - Sweden 1960
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of London 1960". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.