Sweden chose their entry for

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in a national final called

Melodifestivalen 1973 Sweden chose their entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in a national final called Melodifestivalen 1973. One of the competitors was a group of those who would later be the members of ABBA, but they only finished 3rd with their own entry. Ins ...

. One of the competitors was a group of those who would later be the members of

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, but they only finished 3rd with their own entry. Instead, the winner was the song "Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" with the group

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. To avoid confusion, they changed their name to "Nova and the Dolls" for the contest. The song was translated into English and got the name "You're Summer". The song's lyrics were written by Lars Forsell, and it was composed by Monica and Carl-Axel Dominique.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1973

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 ...

1973 was the selection for the 14th song to represent

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at the

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. It was the 13th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SVT for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in

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on 10 February 1973, presented by Alicia Lundberg and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The third place act, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn and Benny, returned to take part in Melodifestivalen 1974 under their new moniker

At Eurovision

The contest was held in

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and Sweden was drawn into spot 12. They finished 5th (out of 17).

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 1973

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