Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1965
Selection date(s)	13 February 1965
Selected entrant	Ingvar Wixell
Selected song	"Absent Friend"
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 6 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1963 • 1965 • 1966►

After a year of absence, Sweden competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the opera singer Ingvar Wixell, and the song "Absent Friend" (originally "Annorstädes vals") composed by Dag Wirén. For the first time, one singer sang all the songs in the national final, and Ingvar was also the first male singer to represent Sweden. It was the first ESC entry that was not performed in the country's native language; this led to the introduction of the language rule that required countries to sing in their native language the following year. The contest was held in Naples that year, and Sweden finished 10th out of 18.*

Melodifestivalen 1965

Melodifestivalen 1965 (known as the Svensk sångfinal) was the selection for the seventh song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the sixth time that this system of picking a song had been used. Ingvar Wixell performed all of the songs. Eight songs were submitted to Sveriges Radio for the competition, of which two were turned down by Wixell. The final was broadcast on Sveriges Radio TV but was not broadcast on radio.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Wixell performed 10th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding France. Sweden gained 6 points and ranked 10th. The Swedish jury awarded its 5 points to Denmark, who had arguably the most old-fashioned song of the night.

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded by Sweden

5 points	Denmark
3 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Luxembourg