Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1968
Selection date(s)	9 March 1968
Selected entrant	Claes-Göran Hederström
Selected song	"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"
Selected songwriter(s)	Peter Himmelstrand
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 15 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

In the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, Sweden was represented by Claes-Göran Hederström with the song "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig", written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand. It finished 5th (out of 17) with 15 points, including 6 from Norway, the highest number of votes awarded that year.

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1968

Melodifestivalen 1968 was the selection for the 10th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the ninth time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2233 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 9 March 1968, hosted by Magnus Banck and was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Place	Points
1	Svante Thuresson	"Du är en vårvind i April"	Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling	2nd	21
2	Anna-Lena Löfgren	"Jag vill tro"	Britt Lindeborg	6th	5
3	Claes-Göran Hederström	"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"	Peter Himmelstrand	1st	23
4	Towa Carson	"Du vet var jag finns"	Peter Himmelstrand	3rd	15
5	Svante Thuresson and Östen Warnerbring	"Här kommer pojkar"	Sven Bergcrantz, Östen Warnerbring	5th	13
6	Britt Bergström	"Fri hos dig"	Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg	9th	1
7	Gunnar Wiklund	"Jag ser en värld"	Marcus Österdahl, Bengt Sundström	7th	3
8	Cecilia Stam	"Låt mig få va' ifred"	Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg	7th	3
9	Lars Lönndahl	"Du och jag och våren"	Thore Skogman	10th	0
10	Mona Wessman	"Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk"	Peter Himmelstrand	3rd	15