- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Sweden chose their entry forEurovision Song Contest 1973 in a national final calledMelodifestivalen 1973 . One of the competitors was a group of those who would later be the members ofABBA , but they only finished 3rd. Instead, the winner was the song "Sommaren som aldrig säger nej" (The summer which never says no) with the group Malta. They had, to avoid confusion, change their name to "Nova andThe Dolls ". The song was translated into English and got the name "You're summer".The song's lyrics were written by Lars Forsell, and it was composed by Monica and Carl-Axel Dominique.
The contest was held in
Luxembourg and Sweden was drawn into spot 12. They finished 5th (out of 17).
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