Melodifestivalen 1979

Melodifestivalen 1979

Date:	17 February 1979
Presenter:	Ulf Elfving
Venue:	Cirkus, Stockholm
Voting:	Regional juries
Winner:	Satellit performed by Ted Gärdestad
Winner's result at Eurovision:	Seventeenth place

Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.

Results

#	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Ola+3	Det känns som jag vandrar fram	Ulf Wahlberg	85	3rd
2	Tomas Adolphson & Anders Falk	Tillsammans	Tomas Adolphson, Anders Falk	58	6th
3	Eva Dahlgren	Om jag skriver en sång	Eva Dahlgren	85	3rd
4	Tomas Ledin	Det ligger i luften	Tomas Ledin	96	2nd
5	Kjell Hansson	Mer än bara över natten	Kjell Hansson	59	5th
6	Timjan	En egen fela	Peter Olsson, Anders Olsson	39	9th
7	Pontus Platin	Nattens sång	Pontus Platin, Susanne Wigforss, Patrice Hellberg	44	8th
8	Py Bäckman & Py Gang	Var det här bara början?	Py Bäckman	45	7th
9	Ted Gärdestad	Satellit	Ted Gärdestad, Kenneth Gärdestad	105	1st
10	Magnus Uggla	Johnny the Rucker	Magnus Uggla	22	10th

Voting

Juries

Song	Falun	Gothenburg	Karlstad	Luleå	Malmö	Norrköping	Sundsvall	Umeå	Växjö	Örebro	Stockholm	Total
Det känns som jag vandrar fram	10	6	6	7	6	4	7	12	7	8	12	85
Tillsammans	6	3	5	6	10	6	4	8	3	5	2	58
Om jag skriver en sång	8	12	10	2	4	7	6	10	8	12	6	85
Det ligger i luften	12	10	12	10	8	10	10	3	6	7	8	96
Mer än bara över natten	7	5	2	1	3	8	8	7	10	3	5	59
En egen fela	3	4	3	3	7	2	5	2	1	2	7	39
Nattens sång	1	8	4	4	5	5	2	4	4	6	1	44
Var det här bara början?	4	2	8	8	2	3	3	5	2	4	4	45
Satellit	5	7	7	12	12	12	12	6	12	10	10	105
Johnny the Rocker	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	5	1	3	22

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1979
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

External links

• ESCSweden.com (in Swedish)
• Information site about Melodifestivalen
• Eurovision Song Contest National Finals