For the

Eurovision Song Contest 1972 The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporat ...

, Sweden chose their entrant in a national selection called Melodifestivalen 1972. About 1,000 entries were submitted, and

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picked 10 of them for the final.

Family Four Family Four were a Sweden, Swedish pop group who recorded during the 1960s and 1970s. They were made up of Berndt Öst, Marie Bergman, Agnetha Munther and Pierre Isacsson. They won Melodifestivalen twice, in Melodifestivalen 1971, 1971 with "Vita ...

, last year's representative, won, again with "Härliga sommardag", a song written by Håkan Elmquist.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1972

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

1972 was the selection for the 13th song to represent

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at the

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. It was the 12th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Approximately 1,000 songs were submitted to

for the competition. The final was held in the

Cirkus CirKus are a trip hop band formed by Burt Ford (Cameron McVey), Karmil (aka Matt Kent), Lolita Moon and Neneh Cherry. History DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Cameron McVey) as an assistant recording engi ...

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on 12 February 1972, presented by Gunilla Marcus and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

At Eurovision

At ESC, they finished 13th (out of 18).

Voting

References

External links

ESCSweden.com
(in Swedish)
Information site about MelodifestivalenEurovision Song Contest National Finals
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

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