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

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. However

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decided that Siw Malmkvist would represent Sweden, as she had been denied that the previous year.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1960

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and the presenter was

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. Last year's winner Siw Malmkvist was selected to sing the winning song, "Alla andra får varann", at Eurovision. At the final of Melodifestivalen two artists sang the same song, one with a large orchestra and a second with a smaller orchestra. *1: Performer with large orchestra *2: Performer with smaller orchestra

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.ESC History - Sweden 1960
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Voting

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

References

External links

TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

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