1967 SWEDEN EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - February 24, 1967

Official name - Melodifestivalen 1967

Organising broadcaster - SR

Venue - Cirkus, Stockholm

Host - Maud Husberg

Producer - Olle Helander

Musical director - Mats Olsson

Orchestra - freelance orchestra

Number of entries - 10

Winning entry - 'Som en dröm' Östen Warnerbring

Winning songwriters - Marcus Österdahl / Curt Peterson / Patrice Hellberg

Winning orchestrator - Mats Olsson

Note - Some controversy broke out due to SR's producer Olle Helander having appointed Mats Olsson, artistic director of record company Electra, as the musical director of the show, with Olsson also being the arranger of all entries taking part in the selection, a situation which reeked of favouritism.

Östen Warnerbring rehearsing his performance of 'Som en dröm' in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, with conductor Mats Olsson being discernible in one of the mirrors in the background

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1

Title – "Vem frågar vinden?"

Rendition – Towa Carson

Lyrics – Inger Berggren

Composition – Inger Berggren

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 5th place (11 votes)

Song 2

Title – "Ren vals"

Rendition – Rolf "Roffe" Berg

Lyrics – Björn Lindroth

Composition – Charlie Norman

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 3rd place (14 votes)

Song 3

Title – "Men vore du endast en visa"

Rendition – Marianne Kock

Lyrics – Carl-Olof Bergström

Composition – Lennart Sjöberg

Studio arrangement – none

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 8th place (3 votes)

Song 4

Title – "En valsfan"

Rendition – Östen Warnerbring

Lyrics – Hans Alfredson / Tage Danielsson

Composition – Gunnar Svensson

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson 

(studio orchestra conducted by Marcus Österdahl)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 2nd place (20 votes)

Song 5

Title – "Christina dansar"

Rendition – Ann-Louise Hanson

Lyrics – Åke Hallgren

Composition – Åke Hallgren

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Bruno Glenmark)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 7th place (4 votes)

Song 6

Title – "Förlåt min vän"

Rendition – Svante Thuresson

Lyrics – Johnny Carlsson

Composition – Johnny Carlsson

Studio arrangement – none

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 9th place (2 votes)

Song 7

Title – "Alla har glömt"

Rendition – Towa Carson

Lyrics – Peter Himmelstrand

Composition – Bo-Göran Edling

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 3rd place (14 votes)

Song 8

Title – "Svart-Olas polska"

Rendition – Sten Nilsson

Lyrics – Åke Hallgren

Composition – Åke Hallgren

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 6th place (8 votes)

Song 9

Title – "Sjungas till sömns"

Rendition – Ann-Louise Hanson

Lyrics – May-Brith Matson

Composition – Carl-Eric Matson

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Bruno Glenmark)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 10th place (0 votes)

Song 10

Title – "Som en dröm"

Rendition – Östen Warnerbring

Lyrics – Patrice Hellberg

Composition – Marcus Österdahl / Curt Peterson

Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson

(studio orchestra conducted by Marcus Österdahl)

Live orchestration – Mats Olsson

Score – 1st place (23 votes)