Melodifestivalen 1968

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Melodifestivalen 1968
Date: 9 March 1968
Presenter: Magnus Banck
Venue: Cirkus, Stockholm
Voting: Regional juries
Winner: Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig performed by Claes-Göran Hederström
Winner's result at Eurovision: Fifth place

Melodifestivalen 1968 was the selection for the 10th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the ninth time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2233 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.

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Place Artist Song Songwriters Points
1st Claes-Göran Hederström Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig Peter Himmelstrand 23
2nd Svante Thuresson Du är en vårvind i april Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling 21
3rd Towa Carson Du vet var jag finns Peter Himmelstrand 15
3rd Mona Wessman Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk Peter Himmelstrand 15
5th Svante Thuresson & Östen Warnebring Här kommer pojkar Sven Bergcrantz, Östen Warnebring 13
6th Anna-Lena Löfgren Jag vill tro Britt Lindeborg 5
7th Gunnar Wiklund Jag ser en värld Marcus Österdahl, Bengt Sundström 3
7th Cecilia Stam Låt mej få va' ifred Curt Peterson, Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg 3
9th Britt Bergström Fri hos dej Curt Peterson, Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg 1
10th Lars Lönndahl Du och jag och våren Thore Skogman 0

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