"Primaballerina" (from Italian for "first ballerina" – the second highest female ballet dancer) is a 1969 song performed in German by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist and written by Hans Blum.

Malmkvist was the second of three female Scandinavian schlager artists to represent Germany in the contest in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the first being Norwegian Wenche Myhre in 1968 with "Ein Hoch der Liebe" and the third Danish Gitte Hænning with "Junger Tag" in 1973.

Malmkvist had previously also represented her native Sweden in the 1960 contest with "Alla andra får varann".

[1] Primaballerina, Primaballerina Alles Schöne dieser Welt, das muss einmal vergehn Primaballerina, Primaballerina Kleine Porzellanfigur, das wirst du nie verstehn Prima ballerina, prima ballerina Everything beautiful of this world has to fade one day Prima ballerina, prima ballerina Little porcelaine figurette, you will never understand that Three singers took part in the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, each of them performing three songs.

It was succeeded as German representative at the 1970 contest by Katja Ebstein with "Wunder gibt es immer wieder".