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Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection; Song: National final
Selection date(s)	13 February 1965
Selected artist(s)	Ingvar Wixell
Selected song	"Absent Friend"
Selected songwriter(s)	Dag Wirén; Alf Henrikson;
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 6 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Absent Friend", composed by Dag Wirén, with lyrics by Alf Henrikson, and performed by Ingvar Wixell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled Svensk sångfinal, after having previously selected the performer internally.

For the first time, one singer sang all the songs in the national final, and Ingvar was also the first male singer to represent Sweden. It was the first Eurovision entry that was not performed in the country's native language; this led to the introduction of a language restriction the following year. The song was originally titled "Annorstädes vals". At Eurovision, Sweden finished 10th out of 18.

Before Eurovision

Svensk sångfinal

Svensk sångfinal (retroactively often referred to as Melodifestivalen 1965) was the selection for the seventh song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Cirkus in Stockholm on 13 February 1965. It was the sixth time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. Ingvar Wixell performed all of the songs. Eight songs were submitted to SR for the competition, of which two were turned down by Wixell. Regional juries selected the winning song. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 13 February 1965, hosted by Birgitta Sandstedt and was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw	Song	Songwriters	Points	Ranking
1	"Stilla och tyst"	Owe Thörnqvist	28	2nd
2	"Kommer vår"	Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby	5	4th
3	"Varm i dej"	Bo Nilsson	2	5th
4	"Förtrollad stad"	Torbjörn Lundqvist, Bo Setterlind	14	3rd
5	"Väldigt vacker"	Georg Riedel, Berndt Rosengren	1	6th
6	"Annorstädes vals"	Dag Wirén, Alf Henrikson	50	1st

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Wixell performed 10th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding France. Sweden gained 6 points and ranked 10th. The Swedish jury awarded its 5 points to Denmark.