Sweden was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1978 The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Paris, France, following the country's victory at the with the song "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" by Marie Myriam. Organised by the European Broadcas ...

with the song "", written by Peter Himmelstrand, and performed by

Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs (; born 20 April 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Skifs has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in the 1978 contest and in the 1981 contest. Career Björn Skifs formed ...

. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1978.

Before Eurovision

1978

1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent at the

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. It was the 17th time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. 58 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the in

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on 11 February 1978, presented by Ulf Elfving and broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. The songs were not performed live, instead the performances were recorded the afternoon before, and inter-mingled with live pieces from the venue. There was a tie in the voting, and each regional jury was asked to award one point to their favourite song of "" and " Miss Decibel". The former won by eight votes to three.

Voting

At Eurovision

Björn Skifs intended to sing in English, which could have disqualified him. At the last minute he decided to sing in Swedish, but he forgot the words to the start of the song and resorted to singing nonsense lyrics in its place for the first couple of bars. He finished 14th (out of 20).

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

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