Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song "", composed by Bengt-Arne Wallin, with lyrics by Björn Lindroth, and performed by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through a national final titled .
Sweden scored 16 points and finished in 2nd place at the contest in Luxembourg, its highest ever placement at the time.
Before Eurovision
(retroactively often referred to as 1966) was the selection for the eighth song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest, held at the in Stockholm on 29 January 1966. It was the seventh time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. 898 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. Regional juries selected the winning song. The show was hosted by Sven Lindahl and was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.
Artist Song Songwriters Points Place 1Svante Thuresson"Hej systrar, hej bröder"Åke Gerhard 6 7 2Monica Nielsen"En röd vals" 5 8 3Carli Tornehave"Monte Carlo" 19 2 4Gunilla af Malmborg"Var finns du?" 8 5 5Gunnar Wiklund"Vinterrosor"Britt Lindeborg 14 3 6Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson"Nygammal vals" 26 1 7Ann-Louise Hanson"En ballad om för längesen" 9 4 8Carli Tornehave"Härliga Söndag" 8 5 9Gunwer Bergqvist"Vårens vindar" 4 9 10Gunnar Wiklund"Vad har jag kvar" 0 10
At Eurovision
Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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