Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

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Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1979
Selection date(s)	17 February 1979
Selected entrant	Ted Gärdestad
Selected song	"Satellit"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kenneth Gärdestad Ted Gärdestad
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 8 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979. The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gärdestad with the song "Satellit", which he composed, while the lyrics were by his brother, Kenneth Gärdestad.