Melodifestivalen 1973 (1973)

Held 10 February 1973 in the afternoon in TV-huset, Studio 1, Stockholm, Sweden, broadcast same day afternoon. The transmission was taped but later erased. ABBA (as Benny, Björn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid) performed "Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" in this competition to find the Swedish entry for the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest. They came third. They were announced as "Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog". The host for the evening was Alicia Lundberg. Final positions: 1. Malta - Sommaren som aldrig säger nej, 2. Ann-Kristin Hedmark - I våran värld, 3. Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Björn & Benny - Ring Ring, 4. Ted Gärdestad - Oh vilken härlig dag, 4. Glenmarks - En liten sång som alla andra, 4. Lill-Babs - Avsked från en vän, 7. Lasse Berghagen - Ding-Dong, 8. Claes-Göran Hederström - Historien om en vän, 9. Inga-Lill Nilsson - En frusen ros.