Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "", written by Stephan Berg, and performed by Blond. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1997.
Before Eurovision
1997 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,229 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the SVT Studios in Gothenburg on 8 March 1997, presented by Jan Jingryd and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. The show was watched by 2,965,000 people. The winner was chosen by 11 regional juries, being "Bara hon älskar mig" performed by Blond. It was written and composed by Stephan Berg.
+ Final – 8 March 1997 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Monia Sjöström "Nu idag" Lasse Sahlin, Peter Karlsson 11 11 2 Photogenique "Nattens änglar" Jonas Berggren 0 12 3 Robert Randqvist "Hand i hand" Martin Klaman, Björn Johansson, Maurizio Sorrone 55 5 4 N-Mix "Där en ängel hälsat på" Pernilla Emme Alexandersson, Per Andréasson 68 2 5 Jim Jidhed "Charlie" John Ekedahl, Jim Jidhed 12 10 6 Nick Borgen "World Wide Web" Nick Borgen 26 9 7 Andreas Lundstedt "Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig" Alexander Bard, Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell 32 7 8 Garmarna "En gång ska han gråta" Py Bäckman, Mats Wester 28 8 9 B.I.G. "Jag skall aldrig lämna dig" Peo Thyrén, Richard Evenlind, Stefan Almqvist 40 6 10 Wille Crafoord "Missarna" Wille Crafoord 65 3 11 Cajsalisa Ejemyr "Du gör mig hel igen" Robin Carlsson, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé 56 4 12 Blond "Bara hon älskar mig" Stephan Berg 80 1
+ Detailed Regional Jury Voting Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Nu idag" 6 1 4 11 2 "Nattens änglar" 0 3 "Hand i hand" 4 10 2 2 12 2 12 4 6 1 55 4 "Där en ängel hälsat på" 8 12 1 10 1 8 12 4 12 68 5 "Charlie" 1 10 1 12 6 "World Wide Web" 1 1 6 1 6 1 2 8 26 7 "Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig" 4 4 4 2 2 10 6 32 8 "En gång ska han gråta" 6 8 12 2 28 9 "Jag ska aldrig lämna dig" 2 2 4 8 4 8 2 10 40 10 "Missarna" 12 10 6 10 12 6 8 1 65 11 "Du gör mig hel igen" 10 2 12 8 8 4 8 4 56 12 "Bara hon älskar mig" 6 8 12 10 6 12 10 6 10 80
At Eurovision Blond performed 16th on the night of the contest and received 36 points, placing 14th.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
External links Melodifestivalen 1997 on