Katy Bødtger (28 December 1932 – 1 May 2017) was a

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singer.

Eurovision Song Contest 1960

In 1960, Bødtger won the

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (), also known as Melodi Grand Prix or simply DMGP, is an annual music competition organised by the Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) since 1957, which determines the for the Eurovision Song Contest. The fe ...

with the song "

Det var en yndig tid Denmark was represented by Katy Bødtger, with the song "Det var en yndig tid", at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 29 March in London. "Det var en yndig tid" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 6 ...

" (It was a lovely time). Later on that year Bødtger sang the song at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1960 The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Tuesday 29 March 1960 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, United Kingdom, and hosted by British television presenter and actress Catherine ...

, coming joint tenth place with the

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entry "

Alla andra får varann Sweden chose its entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1960 by the national final, Melodifestivalen 1960. The winning song, "Alla andra får varann" was performed once by Östen Warnerbring and once by Ingrid Berggren. However Sveriges Radio decid ...

" (All the others get each other) sung by

Siw Malmkvist Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist (born 31 December 1936) is a Swedish schlager singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany. She had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "''Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht''" (''"Lovesickness ...

, receiving four points.

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* 1932 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Danish women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Denmark Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1960 Musicians from Copenhagen {{Denmark-singer-stub