"Det var en yndig tid" was the Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1960

The Eurovision Song Contest 1960 was the fifth in the series, and was held on 29 March 1960 in London. France's win this year was their second in the contest....

, performed in Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 by Katy Bødtger

Katy Bødtger

Katy Bødtger is a Danish singer.- Eurovision Song Contest 1960 :In 1960, Bødtger won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with the song "Det var en yndig tid"...

.

The song was performed fourth on the night, following Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

's Camillo Felgen

Camillo Felgen

Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen was a Luxembourgian singer, lyricist, DJ, and television presenter.- Biography :...

 with "So laang we's du do bast

So Laang We's Du Do Bast

"So laang we's du do bast" was Luxembourg's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960.Performed by Camillo Felgen, the song represented no less than three firsts for Luxembourg; firstly by being sung in Luxembourgish , secondly by being sung by a male singer "So laang we's du do bast" ("As Long As...

" and preceding Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

's Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc

Fud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor...

 with "Mon amour pour toi

Mon Amour Pour Toi

"Mon amour pour toi" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, performed in French by Fud Leclerc.The song was performed fifth on the night, following Denmark's Katy Bødtger with "Det var en yndig tid" and preceding Norway's Nora Brockstedt with "Voi Voi"...

". At the close of voting, it had received 4 points, placing 10th in a field of 13.

The song deals with the "good old days", describing them as a time when courting was much simpler. The description is of life "in the king's old city", which is never named but may have been Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, given the provenance of the song.

It was succeeded as Danish representative

Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1957 to 1966 and from 1978 to the present day and has a good record, finishing in the top three six times and winning twice. From 1967 until 1977, Denmark didn't participate in the contest....

 at the 1961 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1961

The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the sixth Eurovision Song Contest. A total of sixteen countries took part in the Contest, including the three debuting countries: Finland, Spain, and Yugoslavia. It was held on 18 March 1961 and was the first to take place on a Saturday night, a tradition that...

 by Dario Campeotto

Dario Campeotto

Dario Campeotto is a Danish singer, actor, and entertainer. He was born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen to Italian parents, Emma and Ernesto Campeotto....

 with "Angelique

Angelique (song)

"Angelique" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Danish by Dario Campeotto.The song was performed thirteenth on the night, following Norway's Nora Brockstedt with "Sommer i Palma" and preceding Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Pascal with "Nous les amoureux"...

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