"Aurinko laskee länteen" ("The sun sets in the west") was the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965

The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th in the series. Luxembourg's win was their second. Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain each scored "null points" for the second time. The 1965 contest marked the debut of Ireland, a country which later went on to dominate the competition. This was also...

, performed in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 by Viktor Klimenko.

The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

's France Gall

France Gall

France Gall is a popular French yé-yé singer.Gall was married to, and had a successful singing career in partnership with, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger....

 with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son

Poupée de cire, poupée de son

"Poupée de cire, poupée de son" was the winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1965. It was performed in French by French singer France Gall, representing Luxembourg....

" and preceding Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

's Vice Vukov

Vice Vukov

Vice Vukov was a Croatian singer and politician.-Biography:During the 1960s, Vukov was one of the most popular singers in Yugoslavia, appearing at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "Brodovi" and at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Čežnja".In the aftermath of the...

 with "Čežnja

Čežnja

"Čežnja" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in Croatian by Vice Vukov.The song was performed seventeenth on the night, following Finland's Viktor Klimenko com "Aurinko laskee länteen" and preceding Switzerland's Yovanna with "Non, à jamais sans toi"...

". At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded nul points, placing 15th. This was Finland's second nul points and second appearance in last place.

The song deals with Klimenko experiencing a very brief love affair and coming to the conclusion that the setting of the sun signals the end of "the time of love".

It was succeeded as Finnish representative

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah"...

 at the 1966 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was originally created in this year. This was possibly created due to the 1965 Swedish entry, "Absent...

 by Ann Christine

Ann-Christine Nyström

Ann-Christine Nyström is a Finnish singer who performed on the Eurovision contest in 1966 in Luxembourg with the song Playboy.In addition to recording songs in her native Finnish, she recorded a handful of songs in English....

 with "Playboy".