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Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979. The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gärdestad with the song "Satellit ", which he composed, while the lyrics were by his brother, Kenneth Gärdestad .
Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1979
Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest . It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 February 1979, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Voting
Song
Falun
Gothenburg
Karlstad
Luleå
Malmö
Norrköping
Sundsvall
Umeå
Växjö
Örebro
Stockholm
Total score
"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
At Eurovision
The contest was held in Jerusalem , and Sweden performed 15th. Gärdestad finished only 17th out of 19, with 8 points.[1]
Voting
Points awarded to Sweden[2]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
Ireland
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
References
External links
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete