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Swedish television Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

related events from 1974.

Events

*6 April - Sweden wins the 19th

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. The winning song is "

Waterloo Waterloo most commonly refers to: * Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat * Waterloo, Belgium, where the battle took place. Waterloo may also refer to: Other places Antarctica *King George Island (S ...

", performed by

ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's ...

. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group.

Debuts

Television shows

*1–24 December -

Rulle på Rullseröd ''Rulle på Rullseröd'' (''"Rulle at Rullseröd"'') was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1974. Plot Rulle lives on a farm in Bohuslän in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Exper ...

1960s

*'' Hylands hörna'' (1962-1983)

1970s

*''

Hem till byn ''Hem till byn'' (English: ''Home to the village''), written by Bengt Bratt (born 1937), is Sweden's longest-running TV series and one of its most popular. It is a realistic drama about people in a rural Swedish village and their daily life and ...

'' (1971-2006)

Ending this year

Births

*24 February -

David Hellenius David Hellenius (born 28 February 1974) is a Swedes, Swedish comedian, television presenter and actor, often co-operating with Peter Magnusson. Career Hellenius started his television career at ZTV (Sweden), ZTV and later TV3 (Sweden), TV3. In 2 ...

, comedian & TV host *9 December - Peter Magnusson, comedian & actor

Deaths

References

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