Melodifestivalen 1969

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Melodifestivalen 1969
Date: 1 March 1969
Presenter: Pekka Langer
Venue: Cirkus, Stockholm
Voting: Regional juries
Winner: Judy min vän performed by Tommy Körberg
Winner's result at Eurovision: Ninth place

Melodifestivalen 1969 was the selection for the 11th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 10th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 2402 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio. This was the first time a tie occurred for first place in the competition.

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Place Artist Song Songwriters Points (Tie-break)
1st Tommy Körberg Judy min vän Roger Wallis, Britt Lindeborg 31 (54)
2nd Jan Malmsjö Hej clown Benny Andersson, Lasse Berghagen 31 (45)
3rd Sten Nilsson Gång på gång Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling 13
4th Anni-Frid Lyngstad Härlig är vår jord Ivan Renliden 8
4th Ann-Louise Hanson Svensk flicka Staffan Ehrling, Bo-Göran Edling 8
6th Svante Thuresson Sommarflicka Pugh Rogefeldt 4
7th Lena Hansson Du ger mig lust att leva Johnny Carlsson 3
8th Inger Öst Du ser mig inte Berndt Öst, Peter Himmelstrand 1
9th Britt Bergström L, som i älskar dej Staffan Ehrling, Kerstin Lindén 0
10th Ola Håkansson Du skänker mening åt mitt liv Pierre Isacsson 0

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