Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1997
Selection date(s)	8 March 1997
Selected entrant	Blond
Selected song	"Bara hon älskar mig"
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 36 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Sweden chose their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 by holding their usual selection Melodifestivalen. For Melodifestivalen 1997, 1229 songs were submitted to Sveriges Television, 12 of which performed in the final.

The winner was the song "Bara hon älskar mig" (If Only She Loves Me), sung by Blond. It was written and composed by Stefan Berg.

Blond performed 16th on the night of the contest and received 36 points, placing 14th.

Melodifestivalen 1997

For the full results, see Melodifestivalen 1997.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Monia Sjöström	"Nu idag"	11	11th
2	Photogenique	"Nattens änglar"	0	12th
3	Robert Randqvist	"Hand i hand"	55	5th
4	N-Mix	"Där en ängel hälsat på"	68	2nd
5	Jim Jidhed	"Charlie"	12	10th
6	Nick Borgen	"World Wide Web"	26	9th
7	Andreas Lundstedt	"Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig"	32	7th
8	Garmarna	"En gång ska han gråta"	28	8th
9	B.I.G.	"Jag skall aldrig lämna dig"	40	6th
10	Wille Craaford	"Missarna"	65	3rd
11	Cajsalisa Ejemyr	"Du gör mig hel igen"	56	4th
12	Blond	"Bara hon älskar mig"	80	1st

Points Awarded to Sweden
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Norway	United Kingdom	Denmark Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland	Iceland