"Ein Hoch der Liebe" was the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song "La, la, la", performed by Massiel....

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Norwegian

Norway

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 singer Wencke Myhre

Wenche Myhre

Wenche Synnøve Myhre , in some countries known as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, German as well as the Swedish markets and languages.She got her first recording contract with composer and producer Arne...

. Myhre was the first of three female Scandinavia

Scandinavia

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n schlager

Schlager

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 artists to represent Germany in the Contest in the late 60s and early 70s, the second being Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Siw Malmkvist

Siw Malmkvist

Siw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany...

 in 1969 with "Primaballerina

Primaballerina

"Primaballerina" is a 1969 song performed by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist and written by Hans Blum. It was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969...

" and the third Danish

Denmark

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 Gitte Hænning

Gitte Hænning

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 with "Junger Tag

Junger Tag

Junger Tag was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in German by Danish singer Gitte Hænning...

 in 1973.

The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Spain

Spain

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's Massiel

Massiel

María de los Ángeles Felisa Santamaría Espinoza , professionally known as Massiel, is a Spanish pop singer...

 with "La, la, la" and preceding Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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's Dubrovački trubaduri

Dubrovački trubaduri

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 with "Jedan dan

Jedan dan

"Jedan dan" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Dubrovački trubaduri...

". At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 6th in a field of 17.

The song is in praise of love itself, with Myhre singing that it "keeps our world so young" and is a generally enjoyable experience. Myhre also recorded the song in her mother tongue Norwegian and Swedish, entitled "Si ja til kjærlighet" and "Säg ja till kärleken" respectively (translated: "Say Yes to Love").

It was succeeded as German representative

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany has participated in every Eurovision Song Contest since its beginning in 1956, although its entry in 1996 did not qualify past the pre‐selection round, and therefore was not seen in the broadcast final. No other country has been represented as often. France and the United Kingdom come in a...

 at the 1969 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1969

The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was the 14th in the series. It was the first time that the contest resulted in a tie for first place, with four countries each gaining 18 votes. Since there was at the time no rule to cover such an eventuality, all four countries were declared joint winners...

 by Siw Malmkvist

Siw Malmkvist

Siw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany...

 with "Primaballerina

Primaballerina

"Primaballerina" is a 1969 song performed by Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist and written by Hans Blum. It was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969...

".