Wixell performed all the songs in the competition to select Sweden 's Eurovision Song Contest 1965 entry . The winning song was " Annorstädes Vals " ( Elsewhere Waltz ) , which Wixell went on to perform at the international final in Naples . In a break from the then prevailing tradition , the song was sung in English ( as " Absent Friend " ) . This led to the introduction from 1966 onwards of a rule stipulating that each country 's entry must be sung in one of the languages of that country
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Ingvar Wixell