Venue Cirkus, Stockholm Voting system Regional juries Final episode date 17 February 1979 Cast Magnus Uggla | Presenter(s) Ulf Elfving First episode date 17 February 1979 Presented by Ulf Elfving | |
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Winning song "Satellit" by Ted Gärdestad Similar Melodifestivalen 2004, Uggla flyttar in, Lilla Melodifestivalen, Allsång på Skansen, Hellenius Hörna | ||
Melodifestivalen 1979 was the selection for the 19th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 18th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 452 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
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