Melodifestivalen 1974
| Melodifestivalen 1974 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 9 February 1974 |
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| Venue | SR Television Centre, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Presenter(s) | Johan Sandström |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Regional juries |
| Winning song | "Waterloo" by ABBA |
Melodifestivalen 1974 was the selection for the 15th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 14th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 10 songwriters were selected by SR for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. ABBA went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, Sweden's first Eurovision win.
Results
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Lena Ericsson | "En enda jord" | Håkan Elmquist | 185 | 3rd |
| 2 | Östen Warnerbring | "En mysig vals" | Bengt Hallberg, Östen Warnebring | 10 | 10th |
| 3 | Göran Fristorp | "Jag minns dej nog" | Georg Riedel, Stig Claesson | 16 | 7th |
| 4 | Titti Sjöblom | "Fröken Ur sång" | Torgny Söderberg | 148 | 4th |
| 5 | ABBA | "Waterloo" | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 302 | 1st |
| 6 | Lasse Berghagen | "Min kärleksång till dej" | Lasse Berghagen | 211 | 2nd |
| 7 | Inger Öst | "En grön dröm om dej" | Bo Sylvén, Bo Carlgren, Bitte Carlgren | 61 | 5th |
| 8 | Sylvia Vrethammar & Göran Fristorp | "En dröm är en dröm" | Lars Färnlöf, Lasse Bagge | 31 | 6th |
| 9 | Lena Bergqvist | "Den sista sommaren av mitt liv" | Björn Isfält, Lena Bergqvist | 11 | 9th |
| 10 | Glenmarks | "I annorlunda land" | Bengt-Arne Wallin, Anja-Notini-Wallin | 15 | 8th |
Voting
Juries
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| "En enda jord" | 10 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 185 |
| "En mysig vals" | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| "Jag minns det nog" | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| "Fröken Ur sång" | 12 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 148 |
| "Waterloo" | 26 | 27 | 24 | 35 | 41 | 26 | 34 | 16 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 302 |
| "Min kärleksång till dej" | 26 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 211 |
| "En grön dröm om dej" | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 61 |
| "En dröm är en dröm" | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 31 |
| "Den sista sommaren av mitt liv" | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| "I annorlunda land" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
See also
- Eurovision Song Contest 1974
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974