Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "", composed by Håkan Almqvist and Bobby Ljunggren, with lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by Jill Johnson. 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 Eurovision Song Contest. 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 Malmö on 14 March 1998, presented by Pernilla Månsson and Magnus Karlsson, and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 2,881,000 people and the winner was "Kärleken är", sung by Jill Johnson and composed by Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist and Ingela "Pling" Forsman.
+ First Round – 14 March 1998 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Annika Fehling "När en stjärna faller" Annika Fehling 2 B.I.G. "Ingen annan väg" Peo Thyrén, Richard Evenlind, Erika Evenlind, Stefan Almqvist Advanced 3 Elisabeth Melander "Ta dej tid" Margareta Nilsson, Gertrud Hemmel 4 Nanne Grönvall "Avundsjuk" Peter Grönvall, Nanne Grönvall Advanced 5 Linda Eriksson "Bara månen får se" Torgny Söderberg 6 Helena Eriksson "Kärleken finns överallt" Frank Ådahl 7 Fredrik Karlsson "Långsamma timmar" Fredrik Karlsson, Peter Svensson 8 Myrra Malmberg "Julia" Claes Andreasson, Torbjörn Wassenius Advanced 9 Black Ingvars "Cherie" Stephan Berg Advanced 10 Jill Johnson "Kärleken är" Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Ingela "Pling" Forsman Advanced
+ Second Round – 14 March 1998 Artist Song Points Place 1 B.I.G. "Ingen annan väg" 52 2 2 Nanne Grönvall "Avundsjuk" 35 4 3 Myrra Malmberg "Julia" 38 3 4 Black Ingvars "Cherie" 34 5 5 Jill Johnson "Kärleken är" 72 1
+ Detailed Regional Jury Voting Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Ingen annan väg" 8 6 6 4 6 2 4 4 2 2 8 52 2 "Avundsjuk" 1 1 1 6 2 4 6 2 4 4 4 35 3 "Julia" 4 4 2 1 1 8 2 8 1 6 1 38 4 "Cherie" 2 2 8 2 4 1 1 1 6 1 6 34 5 "Kärleken är" 6 8 4 8 8 6 8 6 8 8 2 72
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
+ Points awarded to Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Sweden Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
References
External links Melodifestivalen 1998 on Melodifestivalen 1998 on