Melodifestivalen 1973

Melodifestivalen 1973 was the selection for the 14th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 13th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Melodifestivalen 1973
Dates
Grand final	10 February 1973
Venue	SVT Television Centre, Stockholm
Presenter(s)	Alicia Lundberg
Participants
Vote
Voting system	Regional juries
Winning song	"Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" by Malta

The third place act, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn & Benny, returned to take part in Melodifestivalen 1974 under their new moniker ABBA.

Results

Place	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points
1st	Malta	"Sommaren som aldrig säger nej"	Monica Dominique, Carl-Axel Dominique, Lars Forssell	37
2nd	Ann-Kristin Hedmark	"I våran värld"	Bengt-Arne Wallin, Anja Notini-Wallin	29
3rd	Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn & Benny	"Ring Ring"	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson	8
4th	Ted Gärdestad	"Oh vilken härlig dag"	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	7
4th	Glenmarks	"En liten sång som alla andra"	Östen Warnerbring	7
4th	Lill-Babs	"Avsked från en vän"	Peter Totth, Britt Lindeborg	7
7th	Lasse Berghagen	"Ding-Dong"	Lasse Berghagen	3
8th	Claes-Göran Hederström	"Historien om en vän"	Claes Dieden, Anders Henriksson	1
9th	Inga-Lill Nilsson	"En frusen ros"	Mats Olsson, Karin Stigmark	0
9th	Kerstin Aulén & Mona Wessman	"Helledudane en sån karl"	Peter Himmelstrand	0

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1973
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

External links

• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals