Date - February 27, 1971
Official name - Hylands Hörna, Melodifestivalen 1971
Organising broadcaster - SR
Venue - TV-huset Studio 2, Stockholm
Host - Lennart Hyland
Producers - Peter Goldman / Allan Schulman
Musical director (final) - Claes Rosendahl
Musical directors (semi-finals) - Putte Wickman / Leif Asp
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Number of entries - 15 (5 in final)
Winning entry - 'Vita vidder' Family Four
Winning songwriter - Håkan Elmquist
Winning orchestrator - Claes Rosendahl
Note - In the lead-up to the final, five semi-finals were organised on five Saturdays (between January 23 and February 20, 1971), also in the Hylands Hörna television show, with three songs being presented in each heat; one performed by Family Four, one by Sylvia Vrethammar, and one by Tommy Körberg. Strikingly, in all four semis, the song presented by Family Four won the competition, as a result of which the quartet did not have to face any competition in the final
Melodifestivalen 1971 turned into a 'clean sweep' for Family Four, as the group saw all of its five semi entries progress into the final
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES (FINAL)
Song 1
Title – "Min sång"
Rendition – Family Four
Lyrics – Anja Notini-Wallin
Composition – Bengt-Arne Wallin
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – Claes Rosendahl
Score – 4th place (10 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Tjänare kärlek"
Rendition – Family Four
Lyrics – Peter Himmelstrand
Composition – Peter Himmelstrand
Studio arrangement – Claes Rosendahl
(studio orchestra conducted by Claes Rosendahl)
Live orchestration – Claes Rosendahl
Score – 2nd place (17 votes)
Song 3
Title – "En sång om världen"
Rendition – Family Four
Lyrics – Anders Bergsjö / Göran Dahlström
Composition – Anders Bergsjö
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – Claes Rosendahl
Score – 5th place (9 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Heja mamma"
Rendition – Family Four
Lyrics – Peter Himmelstrand
Composition – Peter Himmelstrand
Studio arrangement – Claes Rosendahl
(studio orchestra conducted by Claes Rosendahl)
Live orchestration – Claes Rosendahl
Score – 3rd place (11 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Vita vidder"
Rendition – Family Four
Lyrics – Håkan Elmquist
Composition – Håkan Elmquist
Studio arrangement – Sven-Olof Walldoff
(studio orchestra conducted by Sven-Olof Walldoff)
Live orchestration – Claes Rosendahl
Score – 1st place (22 votes)
ELIMINATED SONGS SEMI-FINAL 1
Eliminated song 1
Title – "Visst lever kärleken"
Rendition – Sylvia Vrethammar
Lyrics – Bo-Göran Edling
Composition – Staffan Ehrling
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Rune Öfwerman)
Eliminated song 2
Title – "Resan hem"
Rendition – Tommy Körberg
Lyrics – Peter Totth
Composition – Peter Totth
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Lars Samuelson)
ELIMINATED SONGS SEMI-FINAL 2
Eliminated song 3
Title – "Tänk dig en sån dag"
Rendition – Sylvia Vrethammar
Lyrics – Kjell Hedén
Composition – Claes Svanberg
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Rune Öfwerman)
Eliminated song 4
Title – "En kärlek som ej fanns"
Rendition – Tommy Körberg
Lyrics – Bo Sylvén
Composition – Bo Sylvén
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Lars Samuelson)
ELIMINATED SONGS SEMI-FINAL 3
Eliminated song 5
Title – "Leka kurragömma"
Rendition – Sylvia Vrethammar
Lyrics – Bo-Göran Edling
Composition – Staffan Ehrling
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Rune Öfwerman)
Eliminated song 6
Title – "Låt oss fly till en ny morgondag"
Rendition – Tommy Körberg
Lyrics – Britt Lindeborg
Composition – Britt Lindeborg
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Lars Samuelson)
ELIMINATED SONGS SEMI-FINAL 4
Eliminated song 7
Title – "Blomma och grönt"
Rendition – Tommy Körberg
Lyrics – Bo-Göran Edling
Composition – Staffan Ehrling
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Lars Samuelson)
Eliminated song 8
Title – "Jag blir lycklig var gång jag ser dig"
Rendition – Sylvia Vrethammar
Lyrics – Bo Sylvén
Composition – Bo Sylvén
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Rune Öfwerman)
ELIMINATED SONGS SEMI-FINAL 5
Eliminated song 9
Title – "Här är jag"
Rendition – Sylvia Vrethammar
Lyrics – Bo-Göran Edling
Composition – Staffan Ehrling
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Rune Öfwerman)
Eliminated song 10
Title – "Var är du nu"
Rendition – Tommy Körberg
Lyrics – Leif Nygren
Composition – Leif Nygren
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Lars Samuelson)