Den vilda

Den vilda (meaning "The wild one") is a winter-related song by Swedish band One More Time, written by Peter Grönvall [sv]. It won the Melodifestivalen 1996 and hence became the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway.^[1]

"Den vilda"
Eurovision Song Contest 1996 entry
Country	Sweden
Artist(s)	Maria Rådsten Nanne Grönvall Peter Grönvall
As	One More Time
Language	Swedish
Composer(s)	Peter Grönvall
Lyricist(s)	Nanne Grönvall
Conductor	Anders Berglund
Finals performance
Final result	3rd
Final points	100
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The song was performed as the 23rd and last entry in the contest. At the close of the voting it had received 100 points and placed 3rd out of 23 entries. It also peaked at #7 on the Swedish Singles Chart.^[2]

Charts

Weekly charts Charts (1996) Peak position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 7

Year-end charts Charts (1996) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 46

Recordings in other languages

• "The Wilderness Mistress" is the English version of "Den vilda", released by One More Time in 1996.^[5]
• "Dansaðu vindur" is an Icelandic cover released by Eivør Pálsdóttir in the 2008 album Frostrósir – Heyr Himnasmiður.^[6]