Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Country Sweden
National selection
Selection processMelodifestivalen 1968
Selection date(s)9 March 1968
Selected entrantClaes-Göran Hederström
Selected song"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"
Selected songwriter(s)Peter Himmelstrand
Finals performance
Final result5th, 15 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1967 1968 1969►

In the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, Sweden was represented by Claes-Göran Hederström with the song "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig", written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand. It finished 5th (out of 17) with 15 points, including 6 from Norway, the highest number of votes awarded that year.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1968

Melodifestivalen 1968 was the selection for the 10th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the ninth time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2233 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 9 March 1968, hosted by Magnus Banck and was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Place Points
1Svante Thuresson"Du är en vårvind i April"Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling2nd21
2Anna-Lena Löfgren"Jag vill tro"Britt Lindeborg6th5
3Claes-Göran Hederström"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"Peter Himmelstrand1st23
4Towa Carson"Du vet var jag finns"Peter Himmelstrand3rd15
5Svante Thuresson and Östen Warnerbring"Här kommer pojkar"Sven Bergcrantz, Östen Warnerbring5th13
6Britt Bergström"Fri hos dej"Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg9th1
7Gunnar Wiklund"Jag ser en värld"Marcus Österdahl, Bengt Sundström7th3
8Cecilia Stam"Låt mej få va' ifred"Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg7th3
9Lars Lönndahl"Du och jag och våren"Thore Skogman10th0
10Mona Wessman"Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk"Peter Himmelstrand3rd15

At Eurovision

Voting

References

  1. 1 2 "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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