Country Sweden Language Swedish Lyricist(s) Håkan Elmquist | As Family Four Composer(s) Håkan Elmquist | |
Artist(s) Agneta Munther
Marie Bergman
Berndt Öst
Pierre Isacsson | ||
Härliga sommardag" (English translation: "Lovely summer's day") was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Swedish by Family Four.
The song is about a lovely summer's day, with the band describing a beautiful day of summer which inspires people to make ballads and songs.
The song was performed 14th on the night (following Yugoslavia's Tereza Kesovija with "Muzika i ti" and preceding Monaco's Peter McLane & Anne-Marie Godart with "Comme on s'aime"). At the close of voting, it had received 75 points, placing 13th in a field of 18.
It was succeeded as Swedish representative at the 1973 Contest by Nova with "You are summer - you never tell me no".
References
Härliga sommardag Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA