====== (retroactively often referred to as 1959) was the national final for the song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. It was held by (SR) on 29 January 1959 and was the first time that this system of picking a song was being used.
Format Already before the national final, SR decided that
Brita Borg would represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. However, different artists were chosen to present the songs competing in the broadcast national selection process. Approximately 200 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. Eight semi finals were held during
Thore Ehrling's radio program . In each semi final, an artist performed two different songs with one of them qualifying for the national final. Östen Warnerbring was the only artist to have competed in two semi finals and hence would go on to present two songs in the national final as well.
Competing entries There is no information on the songs that did not manage to qualify from the radio semi finals. Live recordings of all eight songs competing in the grand final have survived and the full results of the final could be reconstructed.
Final The final was broadcast on
Sveriges Radio TV and Sveriges Radio
P1 from
Cirkus,
Stockholm and the presenter was
Thore Ehrling. "Augustin" was chosen by a jury of music experts. The winning title "Augustin" was written by
Åke Gerhard and composed by Harry Sandin. ==At Eurovision==