Date - January 29, 1959
Official name - Säg det med musik, Stora Schlagertävlingen
Organising broadcaster - SR
Venue - Cirkus, Stockholm
Host - Thore Ehrling
Producer - Arne Arnbom
Musical director - Thore Ehrling
Orchestra - SR:s Underhållningsorkester
Number of entries (final) - 8
Winning entry - 'Augustin'
Winning songwriters - Åke Gerhard / Bo Harry Sandin
Winning orchestrator - unknown
Note 1 - Following Siw Malmkvist's victory in the pre-selection, she was replaced in the international contest in Cannes by Britta Borg, who performed 'Augustin' in an orchestration by Gösta Theselius
Note 2 - The eight songs had qualified from a total of eight semi-finals, broadcast on radio in Thore Ehrling's programme 'Sag det med musik' in October, November, and December 1958
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Kungsgatans Blues"
Rendition – Östen Warnerbring
Lyrics – Sven-Gunnar Johnsson
Composition – Axel Flyckt
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 4th place (67 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Lyckans soluppgång"
Rendition – Ulla Christensson
Lyrics – Bengt Haslum
Composition – Dag Lamberth
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 6th place (52 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Dags igen att vara kära"
Rendition – Staffan Broms
Lyrics – Åke Gerhard
Composition – Ulf Källqvist
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 2nd place (79 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Hösten är vår"
Rendition – Britt-Inger Dreilick
Lyrics – Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf
Composition – Gösta Westerberg
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 6th place (52 votes)
Song 5
Title – "En miljon för dina tänkar"
Rendition – Åke Söhr
Lyrics – Åke Gerhard "Ben Hur"
Composition – Åke Gerhard / Per-Olof Flodin
Studio arrangement – unreleased
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 8th place (48 votes)
Song 6
Title – "Nya fågelsången"
Rendition – Britt Damberg
Lyrics – Fritz-Gustaf Sundelöf
Composition – Sam Samson
Studio arrangement – Karl-Olof Finnberg
(studio orchestra conducted by Karl-Olof Finnberg)
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 3rd place (76 votes)
Song 7
Title – "Någon saknar dig"
Rendition – Östen Warnerbring
Lyrics – Britt Lindeborg
Composition – Britt Lindeborg
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – unreleased
Score – 5th place (56 votes)
Song 8
Title – "Augustin"
Rendition – Siw Malmkvist
Lyrics – Åke Gerhard
Composition – Bo Harry Sandin
Studio arrangement – Anders Burman
(studio orchestra conducted by Anders Burman)
Live orchestration – unknown
Score – 1st place (105 votes)
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