Sweden was represented at the

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with the song "", written by Åke Gerhard and Ulf Källqvist, and performed by Inger Berggren. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled . At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in

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, Berggren came 7th out of 16.

(retroactively often referred to as 1962) was the selection for the fifth song to represent at the

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. It was the fourth time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra and one with a smaller orchestra. Seven songs were submitted to SR for the competition, of which one was disqualified. The final was held in the in

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on 13 February 1962, broadcast on but was not broadcast on radio. The winner was decided by postcard voting. * 1: Performer with large orchestra * 2: Performer with smaller orchestra

At Eurovision

Voting

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