Sweden was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1998 The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Br ...

with the song "", composed by Håkan Almqvist and

Bobby Ljunggren Bobby Ljunggren (born 6 June 1961) is a Swedish songwriter. He has entered the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer six times, five times for his native Sweden (1995, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010), and once for Lithuania, in 2005. He is a veteran ...

, with lyrics by

Ingela "Pling" Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in , Sweden) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. As a student Forsman attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish ...

, and performed by

Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song " Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Euro ...

. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1998.

Before Eurovision

1998

1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent at the

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. It was the 37th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,141 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition, with ten songs selected to compete. Five of the songs were eliminated and the remaining five were voted on by 11 regional juries. The final was held in the Malmö Musikteater in

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on 14 March 1998, presented by

Pernilla Månsson Pernilla is a Swedish female given name derived from Petronella, and may refer to: * Pernilla Andersson (born 1969), Swedish singer and songwriter * Pernilla August (born 1969), Swedish actress * Anna Pernilla Backman (born 1969), Swedish compos ...

and Magnus Karlsson, and was broadcast on

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and

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's P4 network. The show was watched by 2,881,000 people and the winner was "Kärleken är", sung by

and composed by

, Håkan Almqvist and

At Eurovision

Johnson sang in the 19th position on the night of the contest, and at the close of voting she finished 10th out of 25 countries, receiving 53 points. The Swedish televoting awarded its 12 points to Norway.

Voting

References

External links

Melodifestivalen 1998
on
Melodifestivalen 1998
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

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