Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Participating broadcaster	Sveriges Radio (SR)
Country	Sweden
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1977
Selection date	26 February 1977
Competing entry
Song	"Beatles"
Artist	Forbes
Songwriters	Claes Bure Sven-Olof Bagge
Placement
Final result	18th, 2 points
Participation chronology
◄1976 • 1977 • 1978►

Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "Beatles", composed by Claes Bure, with lyrics by Sven-Olof Bagge, and performed by the band Forbes. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1977. The entry was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier. ^{[1] [2]}

Before Eurovision

Melodifestivalen 1977

Melodifestivalen 1977 was the selection for the 17th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. After hosting the contest in 1975, Sweden chose to skip the following year to save money, and the program also faced criticism from the political left. ^[3] It was the 16th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 965 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 26 February 1977, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Lena Andersson	"Det bästa som finns"	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	55	8
2	Greta & Malou	"Åh, vilken sång"	Greta Zachrisson, Malou Berg	72	4
3	Mats Rådberg	"Du och jag och sommaren"	Tomas Ledin	19	10
4	Landslaget	"Sommaren -65"	Lasse Lindbom	73	3
5	Kenneth Greuz & Eric Öst	"Ola mä fiola"	Little Gerhard	47	9
6	Tomas Ledin	"Minns du Hollywood?"	Tomas Ledin	63	5
7	Svante Thuresson	"Johan B. Lund"	Åke Larsén, Per-Arne Eklund	75	2
8	Janne Landegren	"Trädets rot"	Jan Sjunneson	60	6
9	Eva Rydberg	"Charlie Chaplin"	Tomas Ledin	57	7
10	Forbes	"Beatles"	Sven-Olof Bagge, Claes Bure	117	1

Voting

Song	Luleå	Falun	Karlstad	Gothenburg	Umeå	Örebro	Norrköping	Malmö	Sundsvall	Växjö	Stockholm	Total
"Det bästa som finns"	2	1	8	8	8	2	3	7	3	10	3	55
"Åh, vilken sång"	5	4	5	7	6	10	10	6	10	2	7	72
"Du och jag och sommaren"	1	2	2	2	2	4	1	1	2	1	1	19
"Sommaren -65"	7	3	7	3	4	8	6	12	8	5	10	73
"Ola mä fiola"	3	10	4	1	5	6	4	4	1	7	2	47
"Hollywood"	4	6	12	12	1	5	7	3	4	3	6	63
"Johan B. Lund"	8	12	1	10	3	7	8	8	6	8	4	75
"Trädets rot"	10	5	6	4	10	1	5	2	5	4	8	60
"Charlie Chaplin"	6	8	3	5	7	3	2	5	7	6	5	57
"Beatles"	12	7	10	6	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	117

At Eurovision

The contest was held in London, and Forbes performed 12th. Sweden received 2 points from Germany and nothing else, giving them their first last place since 1963. ^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden [5] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points   Germany 1 point

Points awarded by Sweden [5] Score Country 12 points   Ireland 10 points   Monaco 8 points   United Kingdom 7 points   Greece 6 points   France 5 points   Germany 4 points   Belgium 3 points   Israel 2 points   Finland 1 point   Norway

References

1. "1977 - Forbes - Beatles". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 19 January 2014. ISSN   1101-2412 . Retrieved 27 July 2025.
2. "Eurovision 1977 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
3. "Melodifestivalen 1977". Mellopedia (in Swedish). 7 April 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
4. "Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
5. "Results of the Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.