Härliga sommardag

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Sweden "Härliga sommardag"
Eurovision Song Contest 1972 entry
Country
Artist(s)
As
Language
Composer(s)
Håkan Elmquist
Lyricist(s)
Håkan Elmquist
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
13th
Final points
75
Entry chronology
◄ "Vita vidder" (1971)
"You are summer - you never tell me no" (1973) ►

Härliga sommardag" (English translation: "Lovely summer's day") was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Swedish by Family Four.

The song is about a lovely summer's day, with the band describing a beautiful day of summer which inspires people to make ballads and songs.

The song was performed 14th on the night (following Yugoslavia's Tereza Kesovija with "Muzika i ti" and preceding Monaco's Peter McLane & Anne-Marie Godart with "Comme on s'aime"). At the close of voting, it had received 75 points, placing 13th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Swedish representative at the 1973 Contest by Nova with "You are summer - you never tell me no".