Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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Sweden
was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
, held in Birmingham
, the United Kingdom
.
format to select their entry. The final of Melodifestivalen 1998
was held on 14 March 1998, where ten songs where performed. Five of the songs were eliminated and the remaining five were voted on by the 11 juries. The winner was "Kärleken är
" (Love Is), sung by Jill Johnson
and composed by Bobby Ljunggren
, Håkan Almqvist and Ingela Forsman
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...
, held in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Melodifestivalen 1998
Sweden continued using the common MelodifestivalenMelodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
format to select their entry. The final of Melodifestivalen 1998
Melodifestivalen 1998
Melodifestivalen 1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 37th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1141 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
was held on 14 March 1998, where ten songs where performed. Five of the songs were eliminated and the remaining five were voted on by the 11 juries. The winner was "Kärleken är
Kärleken är
"Kärleken är" is a ballad in Swedish about love. It was written by Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist. The song was sung by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998, where it won and competed for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. It...
" (Love Is), sung by Jill Johnson
Jill Johnson
Jill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen...
and composed by Bobby Ljunggren
Bobby Ljunggren
Bobby Ljunggren is a Swedish songwriter. He has entered the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer six times, five times for his native Sweden , and once for Lithuania, in 2005. He is a veteran of the Melodifestivalen competition, with 39 entries...
, Håkan Almqvist and Ingela Forsman
Ingela Forsman
Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är...
.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Fehling | "När en stjärna faller" | - | - |
| 2 | B.I.G. | "Ingen annan väg" | 52 | 2nd |
| 3 | Elisabeth Melander | "Ta dej tid" | - | - |
| 4 | Nanne Grönvall Nanne Grönvall Marianne Elisabeth Nordqvist more popularly known as Nanne Grönvall is a Swedish singer-songwriter.-Biography:Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music... |
"Avundsjuk" | 35 | 4th |
| 5 | Linda Eriksson | "Bara månen får se" | - | - |
| 6 | Helena Eriksson | "Kärleken finns överallt" | - | - |
| 7 | Fredrik Karlsson | "Långsamma timmar" | - | - |
| 8 | Myrra Malmberg Myrra Malmberg -Life:Anna Myrra Malmberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, and spent her childhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota and her teenage years in Stockholm, Sweden. She graduated the Stockholm High School of Music and immediately embarked upon a theatrical career... |
"Julia" | 38 | 3rd |
| 9 | Black Ingvars Black Ingvars Black Ingvars is a Swedish humorist heavy metal group. Black Ingvars is famous for cover versions of songs from other musical styles, like pop, children's song, "dansband" music, Christmas songs and gospel... |
"Cherie" | 34 | 5th |
| 10 | Jill Johnson Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen... |
"Kärleken är Kärleken är "Kärleken är" is a ballad in Swedish about love. It was written by Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist. The song was sung by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998, where it won and competed for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. It... " |
62 | 1st |