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| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Sveriges Radio (SR) | |||
| Country |  Sweden | |||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 1979 | |||
| Selection date | 17 February 1979 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Satellit" | |||
| Artist | Ted Gärdestad | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 8 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Sweden was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Satellit", composed byTed Gärdestad, with lyrics byKenneth Gärdestad, and performed by Ted Gärdestad himself. The Swedish participating broadcaster,Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry throughMelodifestivalen 1979.
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Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to representSweden at theEurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time thatSveriges Radio (SR) used this system of picking a song. 452 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in theCirkus inStockholm on 17 February 1979, presented byUlf Elfving and was broadcast onTV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Ola+3 | "Det känns som jag vandrar fram" | Ulf Wahlberg | 85 | 3 |
| 2 | Tomas and Anders | "Tillsammans" | Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk | 58 | 6 |
| 3 | Eva Dahlgren | "Om jag skriver en sång" | Eva Dahlgren | 85 | 3 |
| 4 | Tomas Ledin | "Det ligger i luften" | Tomas Ledin | 96 | 2 |
| 5 | Kjell Hansson | "Mer än bara över natten" | Kjell Hansson | 59 | 5 |
| 6 | Timjan | "En egen fela" | Bengt "Charlie" Hillson, PeterOlsson | 39 | 9 |
| 7 | Pontus Platin | "Nattens sång" | Patrice Hellberg, Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss | 44 | 8 |
| 8 | Py Bäckman and Py Gang | "Var det här bara början?" | Py Bäckman | 45 | 7 |
| 9 | Ted Gärdestad | "Satellit" | Ted Gärdestad,Kenneth Gärdestad | 105 | 1 |
| 10 | Magnus Uggla Band | "Johnny the Rocker" | Johan Langer,Magnus Uggla | 22 | 10 |
| Song | Falun | Gothenburg | Karlstad | Luleå | Malmö | Norrköping | Sundsvall | Umeå | Växjö | Örebro | Stockholm | Total |
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| "Det känns som jag vandrar fram" | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 85 |
| "Tillsammans" | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 58 |
| "Om jag skriver en sång" | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 85 |
| "Det ligger i luften" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 96 |
| "Mer än bara över natten" | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 59 |
| "En egen fela" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 39 |
| "Nattens sång" | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 44 |
| "Var det här bara början?" | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
| "Satellit" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 105 |
| "Johnny the Rocker" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
The contest was held inJerusalem, and Sweden performed 15th. Gärdestad finished only 17th out of 19, with 8 points.[1]
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