ESC birthdays 6 Feb – Are you blue too?

Swallow nest

Now I know one or two of you out there like Sweden. With their wind machines and fireworks. Pity people aren’t so interested in the songs. Anyhoo, Sweden is one of those perennial nations and since the semi-finals, they’ve only missed out on a Saturday night final once. Today’s birthday takes us back to the 1970s to years when some popular beat combo called Abba tried to take part. It wasn’t plain sailing for the foursome, as they finished third in the 1973 Melodifestivalen. Winners Malta/The Nova consisted of Claes af Geijerstam and Göran Fristorp. There is a very memorable line in this song – see if you can spot it. Claes is 70 today.

Grattis på födelsedagen , Claes!