Nygammal vals

"Nygammal vals" ("New, yet familiar, waltz") was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 in Luxembourg. It was sung in Swedish by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson, composed by Bengt Arne Wallin and written by Björn Lindroth. The lyrics are a humorous adaptation of the fairy tale "The Swineherd" by Hans Christian Andersen.[1] In Luxembourg Lindfors and Thuresson were joined on stage by the American jazz musician Sahib Shihab on flute.

"Nygammal vals"
Eurovision Song Contest 1966 entry
Country	Sweden
Artist(s)	Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson
Language	Swedish
Composer(s)	Bengt Arne Wallin
Lyricist(s)	Björn Lindroth
Conductor	Gert Ove Andersson
Finals performance
Final result	2nd
Final points	16
Entry chronology
◄ "Absent Friend" (1965)
"Som en dröm" (1967) ►

Performing 10th on the night, following Austria's Udo Jürgens singing "Merci Chérie" and preceding Spain's Raphael with "Yo soy aquél", it finished 2nd with 16 points in a field of 18, making it Sweden's best showing in the Contest until ABBA won with "Waterloo" at the 1974 contest, which was sung in English.

It was succeeded as Swedish representative at the 1967 contest by Östen Warnerbring by "Som en dröm".

References

1. "Zelmerlöw: Det är en väldigt märklig låt". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.