| Eurovision Song Contest 1959 | ||||
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| Country |  Denmark | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1959 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 12 February 1959 | |||
| Selected entrant | Birthe Wilke | |||
| Selected song | "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 12 points | |||
| Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Denmark was represented by Birthe Wilke, with the song "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig", at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 11 March in Cannes, France. "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 12 February. Wilke had previously come third for Denmark in the 1957 contest in a duet with Gustav Winckler, who was one of her competitors in the 1959 DMGP.