Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Sweden was represented by Inger Berggren, singing "Sol och vår", in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962. Berggren was selected by a national final called Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final. Another singer, Lily Berglund, also sung the song there. The song was written and composed by Ulf Källkvist and Åke Gerhard.

Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1962
Selection date(s)	13 February 1962
Selected entrant	Inger Berggren
Selected song	"Sol och vår"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 4 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1961 • 1962 • 1963►

At the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Luxembourg, Berggren came 6th out of 16.

Melodifestivalen 1962

Melodifestivalen 1962 (known as Eurovisionsschlagern, svensk final) was the selection for the fifth song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the fourth time that this system of picking a song had been used. One singer performed the song with a large orchestra and one with a smaller orchestra. Seven songs were submitted to SVT for the competition, of which one was disqualified; the final was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.[1]

Place	Artist^1	Artist^2	Song	Songwriters	Votes
1st	Inger Berggren	Lily Berglund	"Sol och vår"	Ulf Källqvist, Åke Gerhard	102,327
2nd	Monica Zetterlund	Carli Tornehave	"När min vän"	Owe Thörnqvist	74,077
3rd	Carli Thornehave	Otto Brandenburg	"Anne-Li"	Per Lindqvist	13,401
4th	Otto Brandenburg	Östen Warnerbring	"Lolo-Lolita"	Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby	11,848
5th	Lily Berglund	Inger Berggren	"Sagans underbara värld"	Britt Lindeborg	6,885
6th	Östen Warnerbring	Mona Grain	"Trollen ska trivas"	Ulf Peder Olrog	4,001

• 1: Performer with large orchestra
• 2: Performer with smaller orchestra

References

1. https://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/melodifestivalen-1962/