Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Sweden continued using the common Melodifestivalen format to select their entry. The final of Melodifestivalen 1998 was held on 14 March 1998, where ten songs were performed. Five of the songs were eliminated and the remaining five were voted on by the 11 juries. The winner was "Kärleken är" (English: Love Is), sung by Jill Johnson and composed by Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist and Ingela Forsman.

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	"Avundsjuk"	35	4th
5	Linda Eriksson	"Bara månen får se"	-	-
6	Helena Eriksson	"Kärleken finns överallt"	-	-
7	Fredrik Karlsson	"Långsamma timmar"	-	-
8	Myrra Malmberg	"Julia"	38	3rd
9	Black Ingvars	"Cherie"	34	5th
10	Jill Johnson	"Kärleken är"	62	1st

At Eurovision

Johnson sung in the 16th position on the night of the contest, and finished 10that the close of the voting, receiving 53 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

Points Awarded to Sweden
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia	Norway	Hungary		Finland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands	Malta	Poland	Ireland Turkey	United Kingdom

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Norway
10 points	Finland
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Malta
5 points	Israel
4 points	Estonia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Ireland

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 ~~1964~~ 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ~~1970~~ 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ~~1976~~ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ Alice Babs Brita Borg

1960s	Siw Malmkvist Lill-Babs Inger Berggren Monica Zetterlund ~~1964~~ Ingvar Wixell Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson Östen Warnerbring Claes-Göran Hederström Tommy Körberg

1970s	~~1970~~ Family Four Family Four The Nova ABBA Lars Berghagen and The Dolls ~~1976~~ Forbes Björn Skifs Ted Gärdestad

1980s	Tomas Ledin Björn Skifs Chips Carola Herreys Kikki Danielsson Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm Lotta Engberg Tommy Körberg Tommy Nilsson

1990s	Edin-Ådahl Carola Christer Björkman Arvingarna Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare Jan Johansen One More Time Blond Jill Johnson Charlotte Nilsson

2000s	Roger Pontare Friends Afro-dite Fame Lena Philipsson Martin Stenmarck Carola The Ark Charlotte Perrelli Malena Ernman

2010s	Anna Bergendahl Eric Saade Loreen Robin Stjernberg Sanna Nielsen Måns Zelmerlöw

Songs

1950s	~~1956 to 1957~~ "Lilla stjärna" "Augustin"

1960s	"Alla andra får varann" "April, April" "Sol och vår" "En gång i Stockholm" ~~1964~~ "Absent Friend" "Nygammal vals" "Som en dröm" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig" "Judy, min vän"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Vita vidder" "Härliga sommardag" "You're Summer" "Waterloo" "Jennie, Jennie" ~~1976~~ "Beatles" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Satellit"

1980s	"Just nu!" "Fångad i en dröm" "Dag efter dag" "Främling" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "Bra vibrationer" "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" "Boogaloo" "Stad i ljus" "En dag"

1990s	"Som en vind" "Fångad av en stormvind" "I morgon är en annan dag" "Eloise" "Stjärnorna" "Se på mej" "Den vilda" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Kärleken är" "Take Me to Your Heaven"

2000s	"When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Listen To Your Heartbeat" "Never Let It Go" "Give Me Your Love" "It Hurts" "Las Vegas" "Invincible" "The Worrying Kind" "Hero" "La voix"

2010s	"This Is My Life" "Popular" "Euphoria" "You" "Undo" "Heroes"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Sweden did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) United Kingdom Malta Netherlands Croatia Belgium Germany Norway Ireland Sweden Cyprus Portugal Estonia Turkey Finland Spain Poland Slovenia Macedonia Greece Slovakia Romania Hungary France Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Dana International Imaani Chiara Edsilia Danijela Mélanie Cohl Guildo Horn Lars Fredriksen Dawn Martin Jill Johnson Michalis Hatzigiannis Alma Lusa Koit Toome Tüzmen Edea Mikel Herzog Sixteen Vili Resnik Vlado Janevski Thalassa Katarína Hasprová Mălina Olinescu Charlie Marie Line Gunvor

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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