Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 February 1979, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
^"Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ab"Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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TV broadcastings at SVT's open archive
October 16, 2023
sweden, eurovision, song, contest, 1979, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, sc. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979 The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gardestad with the song Satellit which he composed while the lyrics were by his brother Kenneth Gardestad Eurovision Song Contest 1979Country SwedenNational selectionSelection processMelodifestivalen 1979Selection date s 17 February 1979Selected entrantTed GardestadSelected song Satellit Selected songwriter s Kenneth GardestadTed GardestadFinals performanceFinal result17th 8 pointsSweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 1979 1980 Contents 1 Before Eurovision 1 1 Melodifestivalen 1979 1 1 1 Voting 2 At Eurovision 2 1 Voting 3 References 4 External linksBefore Eurovision EditMelodifestivalen 1979 Edit Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 February 1979 presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio Draw Artist Song Songwriter s Points Place1 Ola 3 Det kanns som jag vandrar fram Ulf Wahlberg 85 3rd2 Tomas and Anders Tillsammans Tomas Adolphson Anders Falk 58 6th3 Eva Dahlgren Om jag skriver en sang Eva Dahlgren 85 3rd4 Tomas Ledin Det ligger i luften Tomas Ledin 96 2nd5 Kjell Hansson Mer an bara over natten Kjell Hansson 59 5th6 Timjan En egen fela Bengt Charlie Hillson PeterOlsson 39 9th7 Pontus Platin Nattens sang Patrice Hellberg Pontus Platin Susanne Wigforss 44 8th8 Py Backman and Py Gang Var det har bara borjan Py Backman 45 7th9 Ted Gardestad Satellit Ted Gardestad Kenneth Gardestad 105 1st10 Magnus Uggla Band Johnny the Rocker Johan Langer Magnus Uggla 22 10thVoting Edit Song Falun Gothenburg Karlstad Lulea Malmo Norrkoping Sundsvall Umea Vaxjo Orebro Stockholm Total score Det kanns som jag vandrar fram 10 6 6 7 6 4 7 12 7 8 12 85 Tillsammans 6 3 5 6 10 6 4 8 3 5 2 58 Om jag skriver en sang 8 12 10 2 4 7 6 10 8 12 6 85 Det ligger i luften 12 10 12 10 8 10 10 3 6 7 8 96 Mer an bara over natten 7 5 2 1 3 8 8 7 10 3 5 59 En egen fela 3 4 3 3 7 2 5 2 1 2 7 39 Nattens sang 1 8 4 4 5 5 2 4 4 6 1 44 Var det har bara borjan 4 2 8 8 2 3 3 5 2 4 4 45 Satellit 5 7 7 12 12 12 12 6 12 10 10 105 Johnny the Rocker 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 1 3 22At Eurovision EditThe contest was held in Jerusalem and Sweden performed 15th Gardestad finished only 17th out of 19 with 8 points 1 Voting Edit Points awarded to Sweden 2 Score Country12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points nbsp Ireland5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point nbsp Greece nbsp Israel Points awarded by Sweden 2 Score Country12 points nbsp Israel10 points nbsp Norway8 points nbsp Ireland7 points nbsp Spain6 points nbsp Germany5 points nbsp France4 points nbsp Netherlands3 points nbsp Portugal2 points nbsp Greece1 point nbsp DenmarkReferences Edit Final of Jerusalem 1979 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 11 April 2021 Retrieved 11 April 2021 a b Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979 European Broadcasting Union Archived from the original on 11 April 2021 Retrieved 11 April 2021 External links EditTV broadcastings at SVT s open archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 amp oldid 1086156333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
