Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Absent Friend", composed by Dag Wirén, with lyrics by Alf Henrikson, and performed by Ingvar Wixell. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Script error: No such module "Lang". (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled Script error: No such module "Lang"., after having previously selected the performer internally.

For the first time, one singer sang all the songs in the national final, and Ingvar was also the first male singer to represent Sweden. It was the first Eurovision entry that was not performed in the country's native language; this led to the introduction of a language restriction the following year. The song was originally titled "Script error: No such module "Lang".". At Eurovision, Sweden finished 10th out of 18.

Before Eurovision

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Draw Song Songwriters Points Ranking
1 "Stilla och tyst" Owe Thörnqvist 28 2nd
2 "Kommer vår" Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby 5 4th
3 "Varm i dej" Bo Nilsson 2 5th
4 "Förtrollad stad" Torbjörn Lundqvist, Bo Setterlind 14 3rd
5 "Väldigt vacker" Georg Riedel, Berndt Rosengren 1 6th
6 "Annorstädes vals" Dag Wirén, Alf Henrikson 50 1st

At Eurovision

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Voting

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References

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