Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", composed by Bobbie Ericsson, with lyrics by Bo Eneby, and performed by Lill-Babs. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Script error: No such module "Lang". (SR), selected its entry through a national final. The song was performed once by Siw Malmkvist, once by Gunnar Wiklund in the national final. However, none of them was considered acceptable for singing in Eurovision, so SR chose Lill-Babs as its representative instead. In the contest, once more held in Cannes, she finished in 14th place (out of 16).
Before Eurovision
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| First Performance | Second Performance | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points | ||
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| 1 | Lars Lönndahl | 6 | Lily Berglund | "Spela på regnbågen" | Britt Lindeborg | 2 | 71 |
| 2 | Siw Malmkvist | 7 | Gunnar Wiklund | "Vår i hjärtat" | Lennart Gröhn | 4 | 58 |
| 3 | Lily Berglund | 8 | Lill-Babs | "Stockholm" | Bobbie Ericson, Eric Sandström | 5 | 57 |
| 4 | Gunnar Wiklund | 9 | Siw Malmkvist | "April, april" | Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby | 1 | 78 |
| 5 | Lill-Babs | 10 | Lars Lönndahl | "Vårvinter" | Bobbie Ericson | 2 | 71 |
At Eurovision
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Voting
Every participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
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