Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

chose their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest and it was held at the Point Theatre Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997. Boyzone member Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley were the presenters of the show....

 by holding their usual selection Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

. For Melodifestivalen 1997

Melodifestivalen 1997

Melodifestivalen 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1229 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...

, 1229 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

, 12 of which performed in the final.

The winner was the song "Bara hon älskar mig

Bara hon älskar mig

"Bara hon älskar mig" was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 held in Dublin, ireland. The song was written by Stephan Berg and was performed by the band Blond.Performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in the 16th position,following Portugal's Célia Lawson with "Antes do...

" (If Only She Loves Me), sung by Blond. It was written and composed by Stefan Berg.

Blond performed 16th on the night of the contest and received 36 points, placing 14th.

Melodifestivalen 1997

For the full results, see Melodifestivalen 1997

Melodifestivalen 1997

Melodifestivalen 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1229 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...

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Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Monia Sjöström	"Nu idag"	11	11th
2	Photogenique	"Nattens änglar"	0	12th
3	Robert Randqvist	"Hand i hand"	55	5th
4	N-Mix	"Där en ängel hälsat på"	68	2nd
5	Jim Jidhed Jim Jidhed Jim Jidhed is a Swedish rock singer. Jidhed's first major break was as the lead singer for the rock band Alien in the late 1980s with the ballad "Only One Woman". After that he released his first solo album called "Jim", which included the songs "Wild Young And Free", "Silence is Golden" and "Love...	"Charlie"	12	10th
6	Nick Borgen	"World Wide Web"	26	9th
7	Andreas Lundstedt Andreas Lundstedt Andreas Lundstedt is a Swedish musician, who is best known as a member of the pop-disco group, Alcazar.-Biography:...	"Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig"	32	7th
8	Garmarna Garmarna Garmarna is a Swedish folk rock band. Their songs are mainly old Scandinavian ballads.- Biography :Garmarna was founded in 1990. Stefan Brisland-Ferner, Gotte Ringqvist and Rickard Westman were inspired by old Swedish music, which they had heard in a theatre. They began searching for old tunes and...	"En gång ska han gråta"	28	8th
9	B.I.G.	"Jag skall aldrig lämna dig"	40	6th
10	Wille Craaford	"Missarna"	65	3rd
11	Cajsalisa Ejemyr	"Du gör mig hel igen Du gör mig hel igen Du gör mig hel igen was an entry in Melodifestivalen 1997, which was sung by Cajsalisa Ejemyr. Songwriter and part producer of the song was popstar Robyn Carlsson. The song placed 4th in the contest, and later entered the Swedish charts.... "	56	4th
12	Blond Blond (band) Blond was the Swedish boy band that has represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. In Dublin the band performed the entry "Bara hon älskar mig" which finished in 14th place.-External links:...	"Bara hon älskar mig Bara hon älskar mig "Bara hon älskar mig" was the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 held in Dublin, ireland. The song was written by Stephan Berg and was performed by the band Blond.Performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in the 16th position,following Portugal's Célia Lawson with "Antes do... "	80	1st