Elaconese Melody Festival 1962

The Elaconese Melody Festival 1962 was the 60th edition of the Elaconese Melody Festival. The contest took place in Bergen, Norway, after they won the 1961 contest.

It was the 21st contest to have semi-finals. There would be two semi-finals with seventeen countries each, and the previous top 5 would automatically qualify.

Forty-two countries took part, the most countries in a single contest to date. To celebrate the 60th edition, serious discussions took place with Spain and Luxembourg to return to the contest. However, only Luxembourg would return, having last competed in 1937, a 25-year absence. Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina, who had financial issues, would also return to the contest having missed 1961. The Faroe Islands also debuted with funding from Denmark, with the contest once again in Norway.