Sweden was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Roger Wallis, with lyrics by

Britt Lindeborg Britt Lindeborg (22 March 1928 – 5 August 1998) was a Swedish lyricist. She was born in Solna Municipality to Gunnar Karlsson and Elsa Sparring. Her greatest success was probably "Lyckliga gatan", a Swedish version of " Il ragazzo della via G ...

, and performed by

Tommy Körberg Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg (; born 4 July 1948) is a Swedish singer, actor and musician. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical ''Chess''. He played the role on the 1984 concept album, and ...

. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1969. In the national final, a tie occurred between two songs, but after additional voting, the song "" performed by Tommy Körberg, was selected over the other song, "", written by

Lasse Berghagen Lars Nils "Lasse" Berghagen (13 May 1945 – 19 October 2023) was a Swedish singer and songwriter. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie". He was also known for presenting on Swedish television ...

and later ABBA member

Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess (musical), Chess'', ''Kristina från Duvemåla'', and ''Mamm ...

, and performed by

Jan Malmsjö Jan Wilhelm Malmsjö (born 29 May 1932) is a Swedish stage and film actor, musical star and singer. He is married to Marie Göranzon and is the father of Jonas Malmsjö. Biography Malmsjö was born in Lund, Sweden. He trained at the Royal ...

. At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in

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, "" finished 9th out of 16. Most points came from Sweden's neighbours, and . Sharing the 9th place was , represented by the Swedish singer

Siw Malmkvist Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist (born 31 December 1936) is a Swedish schlager singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany (today's Germany). She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 and West Germany in the Eurovi ...

, who had also represented Sweden in 1960. She did, however, not get any points from Sweden.

Before Eurovision

1969

1969 was the selection for the 11th song to represent Sweden at the

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. It was the 10th time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. 2,402 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the in

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on 1 March 1969, hosted by

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and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. This was the first time a tie occurred for first place in the competition.

At Eurovision

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

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