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| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Radio (SR) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: National final | |||
| Selection date | 13 February 1965 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Absent Friend" | |||
| Artist | Ingvar Wixell | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 6 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Absent Friend", composed byDag Wirén, with lyrics byAlf Henrikson, and performed byIngvar Wixell. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through a national final titledSvensk sångfinal, after having previously selected the performer internally.
For the first time, one singer sang all the songs in the national final, and Ingvar was also the first male singer to represent Sweden. It was the first Eurovision entry that was not performed in the country's native language; this led to the introduction ofa language restriction the following year. The song was originally titled "Annorstädes vals". At Eurovision, Sweden finished 10th out of 18.
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Svensk sångfinal (retroactively often referred to asMelodifestivalen 1965) was the selection for the seventh song to representSweden at theEurovision Song Contest, held at theCirkus inStockholm on 13 February 1965. It was the sixth time thatSveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song.Ingvar Wixell performed all of the songs. Eight songs were submitted to SR for the competition, of which two were turned down by Wixell. Regional juries selected the winning song. The final was held in theCirkus inStockholm on 13 February 1965, hosted by Birgitta Sandstedt and was broadcast onSveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.
| Draw | Song | Songwriters | Points | Ranking |
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| 1 | "Stilla och tyst" | Owe Thörnqvist | 28 | 2nd |
| 2 | "Kommer vår" | Bobbie Ericson, Bo Eneby | 5 | 4th |
| 3 | "Varm i dej" | Bo Nilsson | 2 | 5th |
| 4 | "Förtrollad stad" | Torbjörn Lundqvist, Bo Setterlind | 14 | 3rd |
| 5 | "Väldigt vacker" | Georg Riedel, Berndt Rosengren | 1 | 6th |
| 6 | "Annorstädes vals" | Dag Wirén,Alf Henrikson | 50 | 1st |
On the night of the final Wixell performed 10th in the running order, followingMonaco and precedingFrance. Sweden gained 6 points and ranked 10th. The Swedish jury awarded its 5 points to Denmark.
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