Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "", composed by Bobbie Ericsson, with lyrics by Beppe Wolgers, and performed by Monica Zetterlund. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled .
The Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in London, could have gone better for Sweden. They scored for the first (and so far only) time nul points.
Before Eurovision
(retroactively often referred to as Melodifestivalen 1963) was the selection for the sixth song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fifth 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. 816 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 16 February 1963, broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV, but was not broadcast on radio.
Artist1 Artist2 Song Songwriters Place 1 Lars LönndahlGunnar Wiklund"Vårens flickparad"Britt Lindeborg 2 Roffe Berg, Hasse Burman & Charlie NormanGerd Söderberg"Hong Kong-sång"Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby 3 Anna-Lena LöfgrenAnn-Louise Hanson"Säg varför"Ulf Källqvist 4 Gerd SöderbergRoffe Berg, Hasse Burman & Charlie Norman"Storstadsmelodi"Gunnar Lundén-Welden 2 5Per & Ulf LindqvistLily Berglund"Rosen och vinden"Owe Thörnqvist 6 Monica ZetterlundCarli Tornehave"En gång i Stockholm"Bobbie Ericson, Beppe Wolgers 1 7Lily BerglundMona Grain"Sen igår är vi kära"Carl Gyllenberg, Harry Arnold 8 Tommy JacobsonBertil Englund"Fröken Eko"Britt Lindeborg 9 Gunnar WiklundTommy Jacobsson"Scheherazade"Åke Gerhard 10 Mona GrainAnn-Catrine Widlund"Jag är så trött på allt det här"Bo Harry Sandin 11 Ann-Louise HansonPer & Ulf Lindqvist"Zum zum zum, lilla sommarbi"Sam Samson, Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf 12 Carli TornehaveLars Lönndahl"Twist till menuett"Thore Skogman 3
1: Performer with large orchestra 2: Performer with smaller orchestra
At Eurovision Monica Zetterlund performed "" at Eurovision, and became the first and only artist to score nul points for Sweden.
Voting Sweden did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963.
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
es:Melodifestivalen 1963 sv:Melodifestivalen 1963