| Date: | 12 February 1972 |
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| Presenter: | Gunilla Marcus |
| Venue: | Cirkus, Stockholm |
| Voting: | Regional juries |
| Winner: | Härliga sommardag performed by Family Four |
| Winner's result at Eurovision: | Thirteenth place |
Melodifestivalen 1972 was the selection for the 13th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 12th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Approximately 1000 songs were submitted to Sveriges Radio for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
| Place | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | |
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| 1st | Family Four | Härliga sommardag | Håkan Almquist | 24 | |
| 2nd | Östen Warnebring | Sån e du - Sån e jag | Peter Himmelstrand | 17 | |
| 3rd | Lena Andersson | Säg det med en sång | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 12 | |
| 4th | Kjerstin Dellert | Kärlek behöver inga ord | Curt Peterson, Marcus Österdahl, Patrice Hellberg | 10 | |
| 5th | Kisa Magnusson | Kär och sisådär | Peter Himmelstrand | 9 | |
| 6th | Cornelis Vreeswijk | Önskar du mej, så önskar jag dej | Cornelis Vreeswijk | 8 | |
| 6th | Monica Zetterlund | Krama mig och dansa | Tommy Körberg, Lars Nordlander | 8 | |
| 8th | Tomas Ledin | Då ska jag spela | Tomas Ledin | 6 | |
| 9th | Björn Skifs | Andra kan väl också se | Anders Henriksson, Claes Dieden, Bo Carlgren | 4 | |
| 10th | Sylvia Vrethammar | Din egen melodi | Peter Himmelstrand | 1 |
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