- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
For the
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 ,Sweden held a national final calledMelodifestivalen 1978 . The winner, and representant was "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten", sung byBjörn Skifs , and written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand.At ESC in
Paris ,22 April , Björn Skifs intended to cause controversy by singing in English, which could make him disqualified. Instead, he sung a part of the song in nonsense-words, but fortunately only Swedes knew were wrong. He finished 14th (out of 20).
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