Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "", written by Håkan Elmquist, and performed by Family Four. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1972. Family Four had already represented .
Before Eurovision
1972 1972 was the selection for the 13th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 12th time that (SR) used this system of picking a song. Approximately 1,000 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the in Stockholm on 12 February 1972, presented by Gunilla Marcus and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1Östen Warnerbring"Sån e' du sån e' jag"Peter Himmelstrand 17 2 2Sylvia Vrethammar"Din egen melodi"Peter Himmelstrand 1 10 3Cornelis Vreeswijk"Önskar du mig, så önskar jag dig"Cornelis Vreeswijk 8 6 4Family Four"Härliga sommardag"Håkan Elmquist 24 1 5Kisa Magnusson"Kär och sisådär"Peter Himmelstrand 9 5 6Lena Andersson"Säg det med en sång"Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson 12 3 7Björn Skifs"Andra kan väl också se"Anders Henriksson, Claes Dieden, Bo Carlgren 4 9 8Kjerstin Dellert"Kärlek behöver inga ord"Curt Peterson, Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg 10 4 9Tomas Ledin"Då ska jag spela"Tomas Ledin 6 8 10Monica Zetterlund"Krama mig och dansa"Tommy Körberg, Lars Nordlander 8 6
At Eurovision At the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, "" finished 13th (out of 18).
Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated in the Grand Hall of Edinburgh Castle. The Swedish jury members were Titti Sjöblom and Arne Domnérus.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
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