Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "", written by Åke Gerhard and Ulf Källqvist, and performed by Inger Berggren. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled .
At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Luxembourg, Berggren came 7th out of 16.
(retroactively often referred to as 1962) was the selection for the fifth song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fourth time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra and one with a smaller orchestra. Seven songs were submitted to SR for the competition, of which one was disqualified. The final was held in the in Stockholm on 13 February 1962, broadcast on but was not broadcast on radio. The winner was decided by postcard voting.
Artist1Artist2SongSongwriters VotesPlace Inger Berggren Lily Berglund "Sol och vår" Ulf Källqvist, Åke Gerhard 102,327 1 Monica Zetterlund Carli Tornehave "När min vän" Owe Thörnqvist 74,077 2 Carli Tornehave Otto Brandenburg "Anne-Li" Per Lindqvist 13,401 3 Otto Brandenburg Östen Warnerbring "Lolo-Lolita" Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby 11,848 4 Lily Berglund Inger Berggren "Sagans underbara värld" Britt Lindeborg 6,885 5 Östen Warnerbring Mona Grain "Trollen ska trivas" Ulf Peder Olrog 4,001 6
1: Performer with large orchestra 2: Performer with smaller orchestra
At Eurovision Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
es:Melodifestivalen 1962 sv:Melodifestivalen 1962