The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1971.

SR held five semi-finals to select its 1971 entry, with the same three competitors in all of them, as part of the popular television show Hylands hörna.

The song "Vita vidder", written by Håkan Elmquist, won and represented Sweden at Eurovision, held in Dublin.

[1] Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country.

All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points.