eurovision 1966
Lill Lindfors
Lill Lindfors represented Sweden at Eurovision 1966 in Luxembourg City with “Nygammal vals”, finishing 2nd of 18.
- who
- Swedish jazz and schlager singer
- born
- 12 May 1940, Helsinki, Finland
- contest
- 1966
- best result
- 2nd, 1966
- music
- jazz
- active
- 1960 to 2016
- sang for
- Sweden
Biography
Lill Lindfors is a Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s. With Svante Thuresson, Lindfors sang “Nygammal vals” in Luxembourg in 1966; second place was Sweden’s best result up to then.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Lill Lindfors”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1966 Luxembourg City
“Nygammal vals”
2nd of 18 Finished 2nd of 18, with 16 points.
- Billed as
- Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson
- With
- Svante Thuresson
- Sung in
- Swedish
- Written by
- Björn Lindroth, Bengt-Arne Wallin
- Conductor
- Gert-Ove Andersson
- Running order
- 10th of 18
- Age on the night
- 25
- Won that year
- Austria: Udo Jürgens, “Merci, Chérie”
The story of Eurovision 1966: Third time lucky for Udo Jürgens — and nul points for Modugno
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Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Edvardpriset 1986
- Karl Gerhards Hederspris 1994
- H. M. The King's Medal 1997
- Cornelis Vreeswijk scholarship 2018
- Swedish Music Hall of Fame 2020
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Lill Lindfors, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1985 A presenter who sang
Lill Lindfors was a singer, and had finished second for Sweden in 1966. She opened the show with a song of her own — the first time a presenter had performed during the contest.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.