Date - February 10, 1973
Official name - Melodifestivalen 1973
Organising broadcaster - SR
Venue - TV-huset Studio 1, Stockholm
Host - Alicia Lundberg
Producer - Bo Billtén
Musical director - Lars Samuelson
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Backing vocalists - Dolls (Kerstin Bagge / Kerstin Dahl / Annica Risberg)
Number of entries - 10
Winning entry - 'Sommar'n som aldrig säger nej' Malta
Winning songwriters - Carl-Axel Dominique / Monica Dominique / Lars Forsell
Winning orchestrator & conductor - Monica Dominique
Note - The winning group, Malta, changed their name for the international contest, becoming The Nova to avoid confusion with the Mediterranean island state. On stage in the festival final in Luxembourg, the duo was accompanied by the Dolls, the backing group also on stage for Melodifestivalen
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Ding-dong"
Rendition – Lars Berghagen
Lyrics – Lars Berghagen
Composition – Lars Berghagen
Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson
(studio orchestra conducted by Lars Samuelson)
Live orchestration – Lars Samuelson
Conductor – Lars Samuelson
Score – 7th place (3 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Oh, vilken härlig dag"
Rendition – Ted Gärdestad
Lyrics – Kenneth Gärdestad
Composition – Ted Gärdestad
Studio arrangement – Lars Samuelson
Live orchestration – Lars Samuelson
Conductor – Lars Samuelson
Score – 4th place (ex aequo, 7 votes)
Song 3
Title – "En frusen ros"
Rendition – Inga-Lill Nilsson
Lyrics – Karin Stigmark
Composition – Mats Olsson
Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson
(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)
Live orchestration – Mats Olsson
Conductor – Mats Olsson
Score – 9th place (ex aequo, 0 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Ring ring (Bara du slog en signal)"
Rendition – Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Lyrics – Stig Anderson
Composition – Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
Studio arrangement – Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
Live orchestration – unknown (probably Sven-Olof Walldoff)
Conductor – Lars Samuelson
Score – 3rd place (8 votes)
Song 5
Title – "En liten sång som alla andra"
Rendition – Glenmarks
Lyrics – Östen Warnerbring
Composition – Östen Warnerbring
Studio arrangement – Bruno Glenmark
(studio orchestra conducted by Bruno Glenmark)
Live orchestration – Bruno Glenmark
Conductor – Lars Samuelson
Score – 4th place (ex aequo, 7 votes)
Song 6
Title – "Helledudane, en sån karl"
Rendition – Kerstin Aulén / Mona Wessman
Lyrics – Peter Himmelstrand
Composition – Peter Himmelstrand
Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson
(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)
Live orchestration – Mats Olsson
Conductor – Mats Olsson
Score – 3rd place (12 votes)
Song 7
Title – "Historien om en vän"
Rendition – Claes-Göran Hederström
Lyrics – Kartin Stigmark
Composition – Claes Dieden / Anders Henriksson
Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson
(studio orchestra conducted by Mats Olsson)
Live orchestration – Mats Olsson
Conductor – Mats Olsson
Score – 8th place (1 vote)
Song 8
Title – "Avsked från en vän"
Rendition – Lill-Babs
Lyrics – Britt Lindeborg
Composition – Peter Totth
Studio arrangement – Peter Totth
Live orchestration – Peter Totth
Conductor – Peter Totth
Score – 4th place (ex aequo, 7 votes)
Song 9
Title – "Sommar'n som aldrig säger nej"
Rendition – Malta
Lyrics – Lars Forsell
Composition – Carl-Axel Dominique / Monica Domique
Studio arrangement – Monica Dominique
Live orchestration – Monica Dominique
Conductor – Monica Dominique
Score – 1st place (37 votes)
Song 10
Title – "I våran värld"
Rendition – Ann-Kristin Hedmark
Lyrics – Anja Notini-Wallin
Composition – Bengt-Arne Wallin
Studio arrangement – Bengt-Arne Wallin
(studio orchestra conducted by Bengt-Arne Wallin)
Live orchestration – Bengt-Arne Wallin
Conductor – Bengt-Arne Wallin
Score – 2nd place (29 votes)
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