Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

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Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Country|  Sweden
National selection
Selection process| Artist: Internal selection
Song: Säg det med musik: Stora Schlagertävlingen
Selection date(s)| 29 January 1959
Selected entrant| Brita Borg
Selected song| "Augustin"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Harry Sandin
* Åke Gerhard

Finals performance
Final result| 9th, 4 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was in their second Eurovision Song Contest represented by Brita Borg with the song "Augustin". The winning song was elected in the Swedish national final: Melodifestivalen 1959. Eight semi-finals were held on the radio. During the semi-finals, Sveriges Radio decided that the winning song would represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. The singer for Cannes had already been selected.

## Before Eurovision

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### Säg det med musik: Stora Schlagertävlingen

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Säg det med musik: Stora Schlagertävlingen (retroactively often referred to as Melodifestivalen 1959[1] was the national final for the song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. It was held on 29 January 1959 and was the first time that this system of picking a song was being used.

#### Format

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Already before the national final, it had been decided that Brita Borg would represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. However, different artists were chosen to present the songs competing in the broadcast national selection process. Approximately 200 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. Eight semi finals were held during Thore Erling's radio program Säg det med musik.[1] In each semi final, an artist performed two different songs with one of them qualifying for the national final. Östen Warnerbring was the only artist to have competed in two semi finals and hence would go on to present two songs in the national final as well.

#### Competing entries

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There is no information on the songs that did not manage to qualify from the radio semi finals. Live recordings of all eight songs competing in the grand final have survived and the full results of the final could be reconstructed.

Artist  | Song (English translation) | Songwriters

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Britt Damberg | "Nya fågelsången" (The New Birdsong) | Sam Samson (m), Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf (l)
Britt-Inger Dreilick  | "Hösten är vår" (Autumn Is Spring) | Gösta Westerberg (m), Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf (l)
Staffan Broms | "Dags igen att vara kära" (Time to Be in Love Again) | Ulf Källqvist (m), Åke Gerhard (l)
Siw Malmkvist | "Augustin"  | Bo Harry Sandin (m), Åke Gerhard (t)
Ulla Christensson  | "Lyckans soluppgång" (Sunrise of Happiness) | Dag Lamberth (m), Bengt Haslum (l)
Åke Söhr  | "En miljon för dina tankar" (A Million for Your Thoughts) | Per-Olof Flodin (m), Åke Gerhard (m & l)
Östen Warnerbring | "Kungsgatans blues"  | Axel Flyckt (m), Sven-Gustaf Johnsson (l)
"Någon saknar dig" (Somebody Misses You) | Britt Lindeborg (m & l)

#### Final

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The final was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV and Sveriges Radio P1 from Cirkus, Stockholm and the presenter was Thore Ehrling. "Augustin" was chosen by an expert jury. The winning title "Augustin" was written by Åke Gerhard and composed by Harry Sandin.[2]

Final – 29 January 1959

Draw  | Artist  | Song  | Points  | Place
1  | Östen Warnerbring | "Kungsgatans blues"  | 67  | 4
2  | Ulla Christenson  | "Lyckans soluppgång"  | 52  | 6
3  | Staffan Broms | "Dags igen att vara kära"  | 79  | 2
4  | Britt-Inger Dreilick  | "Hösten är vår"  | 52  | 6
5  | Åke Söhr  | "En miljon för dina tänkar"  | 48  | 8
6  | Britt Damberg | "Nya fågelsången"  | 76  | 3
7  | Östen Warnerbring  | "Någon saknar dig"  | 56  | 5
8  | Siw Malmkvist | "Augustin"  | 105  | 1

## At Eurovision

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On the night, "Augustin" was conducted by the host country musical director Franck Pourcel, and was interpreted by Swedish singer Brita Borg which was chosen as the representative by SVT in advance, while the interpreter in Melodifestivalen was Siw Malmkvist. The song was performed seventh in the running order, following Germany and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting it had received 4 points, placing Sweden 9th in a field of 11. The Swedish jury awarded its highest mark - 4, to Denmark.[3]

The song was succeeded as the Swedish representative at the 1960 contest by "Alla andra får varann", performed by Siw Malmkvist, "Augustin" original interpreter.

### Voting

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Points awarded to Sweden[4] | Score  | Country

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3 points  |  Netherlands
1 point  |  Denmark
Points awarded by Sweden[4] | Score  | Country

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4 points  |  Denmark
3 points  |  Switzerland
2 points  |  Austria
1 point  |  Italy

## References

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1. ^ a b "Melodifestivalen 1959 | SVT.se". www.svt.se. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.
2. ^ ""Augustin" - Eurovision position and lyrics". diggiloo.net. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
3. ^ ESC History - Eurovision - Sweden 1959
4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Cannes 1959". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

## External links

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* ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
* Information site about Melodifestivalen
* Swedish National Final page

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* Ingvar Wixell
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Songs|

* "Absent Friend"
* "Alla andra får varann"
* "April, april"
* "Augustin"
* "Bara hon älskar mig"
* "Beatles"
* "Boogaloo"
* "Bra vibrationer"
* "Dag efter dag"
* "Dance You Off"
* "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"
* "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"
* "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
* "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
* "Eloise"
* "En dag"
* "En gång i Stockholm"
* "Euphoria"
* "Fångad av en stormvind"
* "Fångad i en dröm"
* "Främling"
* "Give Me Your Love"
* "Härliga sommardag"
* "Hero"
* "Heroes"
* "Hold Me Closer"
* "I Can't Go On"
* "I morgon är en annan dag"
* "If I Were Sorry"
* "Invincible"
* "It Hurts"
* "Jennie, Jennie"
* "Judy, min vän"
* "Just nu!"
* "Kärleken är"
* "Las Vegas"
* "Lilla stjärna"
* "Listen to Your Heartbeat"
* ~~"Move"~~
* "Never Let It Go"
* "Nygammal vals"
* "Popular"
* "Satellit"
* "Se på mej"
* "Sol och vår"
* "Som en dröm"
* "Som en vind"
* "Stad i ljus"
* "Stjärnorna"
* "Take Me to Your Heaven"
* "Tattoo"
* "This Is My Life"
* "Too Late for Love"
* "Undo"
* "Unforgettable"
* "Den vilda"
* "Vita vidder"
* "Voices"
* "La Voix"
* "Waterloo"
* "When Spirits Are Calling My Name"
* "The Worrying Kind"
* "You"
* "You're Summer"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete

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Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Bob Benny
* Brita Borg
* Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
* Ferry Graf
* Alice and Ellen Kessler
* Domenico Modugno
* Jean Philippe
* Jacques Pills
* Teddy Scholten
* Birthe Wilke
* Christa Williams

Songs|

* "Augustin"
* "Een beetje"
* "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n"
* "Hou toch van mij"
* "Irgendwoher"
* "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien"
* "Oui, oui, oui, oui"
* "Mon ami Pierrot"
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
* "Sing, Little Birdie"
* "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig"

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