| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) | |||
| Country |  Iceland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 27 February 1997 Song: 11 March 1997 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Paul Oscar | |||
| Selected song | "Minn hinsti dans" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 20th, 18 points | |||
| Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Minn hinsti dans", written by Trausti Haraldsson and Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, and performed by Hjálmtýsson himself under his artistic name Paul Oscar. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), internally selected its entry for the contest in February 1997. The song was presented to the public on 11 March 1997.
Iceland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May 1997. Iceland was the closing performance of the show in position 25 and the nation placed twentieth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 18 points.