Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Participating broadcaster	Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)
Country	Norway
National selection
Selection process	Melodi Grand Prix 1965
Selection date(s)	13 February 1965
Selected artist(s)	Kirsti Sparboe
Selected song	"Karusell"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jolly Kramer-Johansen
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 1 point
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1964 • 1965 • 1966►

Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Karusell", written by Jolly Kramer-Johansen, and performed by Kirsti Sparboe. The Norwegian participating broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 1965 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first of Sparboe's three Eurovision appearances for Norway.

Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) held the Melodi Grand Prix 1965 at its studios in Oslo, hosted by Odd Grythe. Five songs took part in the final with each song sung twice by different singers, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. However Wenche Myhre, who had been due to perform a version of "Karusell", had to withdraw at the last minute through illness so Sparboe sang both versions of the song. The winning song was chosen by postcard voting.^[1]

On the night of the final Sparboe performed 7th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Belgium. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Karusell" had picked up only 1 point (from Austria), placing Norway joint 13th (with Portugal) of the 18 entries. The Norwegian jury awarded its 5 points to the Netherlands.^[2]

Points awarded to Norway[3] Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point  Austria

Points awarded by Norway[3] Score Country 5 points  Netherlands 3 points  Luxembourg 1 point  United Kingdom

• Full national final on nrk.no