Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

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{{Infobox song contest national year

| Year = 1969

| Broadcaster = {{lang|sv|Sveriges Radio|i=unset}} (SR)

| Country = Sweden

| Selection process = {{lang|sv|Melodifestivalen|i=unset}} 1969

| Selection date = 1 March 1969

| Song = {{lang|sv|Judy, min vän|i=no}}

| Artist = Tommy Körberg

| Writer = {{unbulleted list|Roger Wallis|Britt Lindeborg}}

| Final result = 9th, 8 points

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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "{{lang|sv|Judy, min vän|i=no}}", composed by Roger Wallis, with lyrics by Britt Lindeborg, and performed by Tommy Körberg. The Swedish participating broadcaster, {{lang|sv|Sveriges Radio|i=unset}} (SR), selected its entry through {{lang|sv|Melodifestivalen|i=unset}} 1969. In the national final, a tie occurred between two songs, but after additional voting, the song "{{lang|sv|Judy, min vän|i=no}}" performed by Tommy Körberg, was selected over the other song, "{{lang|sv|Hej clown|i=no}}", written by Lasse Berghagen and later ABBA member Benny Andersson, and performed by Jan Malmsjö.

At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Madrid, "{{lang|sv|Judy, min vän|i=no}}" finished 9th out of 16. Most points came from Sweden's neighbours, {{esccnty|Norway|y=1969}} and {{esccnty|Finland|y=1969}}. Sharing the 9th place was {{esccnty|Germany|y=1969}}, represented by the Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist, who had also represented Sweden in 1960. She did, however, not get any points from Sweden.

Before Eurovision

= {{lang|sv|Melodifestivalen|i=unset}} 1969 =

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{{lang|sv|Melodifestivalen|i=unset}} 1969 was the selection for the 11th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 10th time that {{lang|sv|Sveriges Radio|i=unset}} (SR) used this system of picking a song. 2,402 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the {{lang|sv|Cirkus|i=unset}} in Stockholm on 1 March 1969, hosted by Pekka Langer and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. This was the first time a tie occurred for first place in the competition.

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Draw

! Artist

! Song

! Songwriter(s)

! Place

! Points (Tie-break)

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|1

Inger Öst"Du ser mig inte"Berndt Öst, Peter Himmelstrand8th1
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|2

Jan Malmsjö"Hej clown"Benny Andersson, Lasse Berghagen2nd31 (45)
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|3

Ann-Louise Hanson"Svensk flicka"Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling4th8
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|4

Tommy Körberg"Judy, min vän"Roger Wallis, Britt Lindeborg1st31 (54)
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|5

Lena Hansson"Du ger mig lust att leva"Johnny Carlsson7th3
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|6

Ola Håkansson"Du skänker mening åt mitt liv"Pierre Isacsson10th0
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|7

Britt Bergström"L, som i älskar dig"Staffan Ehrling, Kerstin Lindén9th0
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|8

Sten Nilsson"Gång på gång"Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling3rd13
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|9

Anni-Frid Lyngstad"Härlig är vår jord"Ivan Renliden4th8
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|10

Svante Thuresson"Sommarflicka"Pugh Rogefeldt6th4

At Eurovision

= Voting =

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+ Points awarded to Sweden{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Madrid 1969 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/madrid-1969/final/results/sweden |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408110448/https://eurovision.tv/event/madrid-1969/final/results/sweden |archive-date=8 April 2021 |url-status=live}}
scope="col" width=20% | Score

! scope="col" | Country

scope="row" | 3 points

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Finland|y=1969}}|{{Esc|Norway|y=1969}}}}

scope="row" | 1 point

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1969}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=1969}}}}

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+ Points awarded by Sweden
scope="col" width=20% | Score

! scope="col" | Country

scope="row" | 5 points

| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1969}}

scope="row" | 2 points

| {{Esc|Monaco|y=1969}}

scope="row" | 1 point

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|France|y=1969}}|{{Esc|Ireland|y=1969}}|{{Esc|Norway|y=1969}}}}

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References

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{{Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

{{Eurovision Song Contest 1969}}

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