Melodifestivalen 1997 was the selection for the 37th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest . It was the 36th time that this system of picking a song had been used . 1,229 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition . The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio 's P3 network . The winner was the boyband Blond who later that year represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1997 . The show was watched by 2,965,000 people
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Melodifestivalen 1997