Sweden chose their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 through Melodifestivalen 1961 . The song " April , april " , performed once with Siw Malmkvist , once with Gunnar Wiklund , won . However , none of them was considered acceptable for singing in ESC , so Lill-Babs was chosen as representative instead . In the contest , once more held in Cannes , she finished in 14th place ( out of 16 )
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961