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Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Participating broadcasterSveriges Radio (SR)
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1975
Selection date(s)15 February 1975
Selected artist(s)Lasse Berghagen
Selected song"Jennie, Jennie"
Selected songwriter(s)Lasse Berghagen
Finals performance
Final result8th, 72 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1974 • 1975 • 1977►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Jennie, Jennie", written and performed by Lasse Berghagen. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1975. In addition, SR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, after winning the previous edition with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1975

Melodifestivalen 1975 was the selection for the 16th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 15th time that Sveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was held in the SR television studios in Gothenburg on 15 February 1975, presented by Karin Falck and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Conductor Points Place
1 Landslaget "Den gamla jukeboxen" Lasse Lindbom Bengt Palmers 47 7th
2 Nils-Åke Runesson "Oh, Juicy" Nils-Åke Runesson Lars Samuelson 25 10th
3 Ann-Christine Bärnsten "Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" Little Gerhard, Börje Carlsson Alain Leroux 30 9th
4 Hadar Kronberg with Glenmarks "Lady Antoinette" Hadar Kronberg Bruno Glenmark 48 6th
5 Lasse Berghagen "Jennie, Jennie" Lasse Berghagen Lars Samuelson 117 1st
6 Ted Gärdestad "Rockin' 'n' Reelin'" Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad Sven-Olof Walldoff 47 7th
7 Svenne and Lotta "Bang en boomerang" Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson 84 3rd
8 Björn Skifs "Michelangelo" Bengt Palmers, Björn Skifs Bengt Palmers 55 5th
9 Göran Fristorp "Som min vän" Göran Fristorp Leif Strand 59 4th
10 Gimmicks "Sången lär ha vingar" Bo Sylvén, Bo Carlgren Lars Samuelson 93 2nd

Voting

Song Luleå Falun Karlstad Gothenburg Umeå Örebro Norrköping Malmö Sundsvall Växjö Stockholm Total
"Den gamla jukeboxen" 4 - 2 1 18 1 2 - 7 2 10 47
"Oh, Juicy" 2 - 1 - 5 5 1 6 3 - 2 25
"Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård?" 1 1 - 3 4 4 5 - 3 - 9 30
"Lady Antoinette" 7 2 7 - 2 9 12 1 3 1 4 48
"Jennie, Jennie" 14 18 6 15 4 7 24 3 9 16 1 117
"Rockin' 'n' Reeling" 3 7 16 7 1 - 1 3 3 3 3 47
"Bang en boomerang" 7 - 8 5 8 16 5 14 1 15 5 84
"Michelangelo" 4 2 12 12 2 10 - 6 3 3 1 55
"Som min vän" 4 1 3 5 2 - 1 3 14 9 17 59
"Sången lär ha vingar" 9 24 - 7 9 3 4 19 9 6 3 93

At Eurovision

At the ESC final in Stockholm, Berghagen performed 18th, and sang the song in English. This year, the 12 points voting system was for the first time in use. He did not receive any 12s (Sweden's highest score was 8 points from Norway and Turkey), but finished 8th (out of 19) with 72 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  Spain
4 points
3 points  Israel
2 points  Malta
1 point   Switzerland
Points awarded by Sweden
Score Country
12 points  Netherlands
10 points  Ireland
8 points  France
7 points  Yugoslavia
6 points  Israel
5 points  United Kingdom
4 points  Luxembourg
3 points  Finland
2 points  Belgium
1 point  Italy

References

  1. "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Melodifestivalen
Participation
Artists
Songs
Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "At Va'Ani"
  • "Une chanson c'est une lettre"
  • "Dan ljubezni"
  • "Ding-a-dong"
  • "Era"
  • "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"
  • "Gelukkig zijn"
  • "Jennie, Jennie"
  • "Let Me Be the One"
  • "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"
  • "Madrugada"
  • "Mikado"
  • "Old Man Fiddle"
  • "Seninle Bir Dakika"
  • "Singing This Song"
  • "That's What Friends Are For"
  • "Toi"
  • "Touch My Life (with Summer)"
  • "Tú volverás"
Melodifestivalen
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