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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

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Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Participating broadcasterSveriges Radio (SR)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1977
Selection date(s)26 February 1977
Selected artist(s)Forbes
Selected song"Beatles"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Claes Bure
  • Sven-Olof Bagge
Finals performance
Final result18th, 2 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1975 1977 1978►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "Beatles", composed by Claes Bure, with lyrics by Sven-Olof Bagge, and performed by the band Forbes. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1977. The entry was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier.

Before Eurovision

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Melodifestivalen 1977

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Melodifestivalen 1977 was the selection for the 17th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Sveriges Radio (SR) did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 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 Cirkus in Stockholm on 26 February 1977, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1 Lena Andersson "Det bästa som finns" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad 55 8th
2 Greta & Malou "Åh, vilken sång" Greta Zachrisson, Malou Berg 72 4th
3 Mats Rådberg "Du och jag och sommaren" Tomas Ledin 19 10th
4 Landslaget "Sommaren -65" Lasse Lindbom 73 3rd
5 Kenneth Greuz & Eric Öst "Ola mä fiola" Little Gerhard 47 9th
6 Tomas Ledin "Minns du Hollywood?" Tomas Ledin 63 5th
7 Svante Thuresson "Johan B. Lund" Åke Larsén, Per-Arne Eklund 75 2nd
8 Janne Landegren "Trädets rot" Jan Sjunneson 60 6th
9 Eva Rydberg "Charlie Chaplin" Tomas Ledin 57 7th
10 Forbes "Beatles" Sven-Olof Bagge, Claes Bure 117 1st

Voting

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Song
Luleå
Falun
Karlstad
Gothenburg
Umeå
Örebro
Norrköping
Malmö
Sundsvall
Växjö
Stockholm
Total
"Det bästa som finns" 2 1 8 8 8 2 3 7 3 10 3 55
"Åh, vilken sång" 5 4 5 7 6 10 10 6 10 2 7 72
"Du och jag och sommaren" 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 19
"Sommaren -65" 7 3 7 3 4 8 6 12 8 5 10 73
"Ola mä fiola" 3 10 4 1 5 6 4 4 1 7 2 47
"Hollywood" 4 6 12 12 1 5 7 3 4 3 6 63
"Johan B. Lund" 8 12 1 10 3 7 8 8 6 8 4 75
"Trädets rot" 10 5 6 4 10 1 5 2 5 4 8 60
"Charlie Chaplin" 6 8 3 5 7 3 2 5 7 6 5 57
"Beatles" 12 7 10 6 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 117

At Eurovision

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The contest was held in London, and Forbes performed 12th. Sweden received 2 points from Germany and nothing else, giving them their first last place since 1963[1] and to date, the country's only one.

Voting

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References

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  1. ^ "Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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