Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1975
Selection date(s)	15 February 1975
Selected artist(s)	Lasse Berghagen
Selected song	"Jennie, Jennie"
Selected songwriter(s)	Lasse Berghagen
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 72 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1974 • 1975 • 1977►

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.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points  Norway  Turkey 7 points  France  Luxembourg  United Kingdom 6 points  Finland  Monaco  Portugal  Yugoslavia 5 points  Spain 4 points 3 points  Israel 2 points  Malta 1 point   Switzerland

Points awarded by Sweden[2] 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

• TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive