Sweden was represented at the

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with the song "Beatles", composed by Claes Bure, with lyrics by Sven-Olof Bagge, and performed by the band Forbes. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1977. The entry was a tribute to the

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band

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, who had split up some years earlier.

Before Eurovision

1977

1977 was the selection for the 17th song to represent at the

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. (SR) did not participate in the

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due to the potential expenses if it had won the contest again and due to demonstrations against commercial music. It was the 16th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 965 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the in

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on 26 February 1977, presented by

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and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Voting

At Eurovision

The contest was held in

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, and Forbes performed 12th. Sweden received 2 points from and nothing else, giving them their first last place since .

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

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