Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".", composed by Håkan Almqvist and Bobby Ljunggren, with lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by Jill Johnson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Script error: No such module "Lang". (SVT), selected its entry through Script error: No such module "Lang". 1998.
Before Eurovision
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Script error: No such module "Lang". 1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent Template:Esccnty 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 Script error: No such module "Lang". (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.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
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| 1 | Annika Fehling | "När en stjärna faller" | Annika Fehling | Eliminated |
| 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 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Nanne Grönvall | "Avundsjuk" | Peter Grönvall, Nanne Grönvall | Advanced |
| 5 | Linda Eriksson | "Bara månen får se" | Torgny Söderberg | Eliminated |
| 6 | Helena Eriksson | "Kärleken finns överallt" | Frank Ådahl | Eliminated |
| 7 | Fredrik Karlsson | "Långsamma timmar" | Fredrik Karlsson, Peter Svensson | Eliminated |
| 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 |
| Draw | 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 |
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| "Ingen annan väg" | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 52 |
| "Avundsjuk" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
| "Julia" | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 38 |
| "Cherie" | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 34 |
| "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.[1] The Swedish televoting awarded its 12 points to Norway.[2]
Voting
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References
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External links
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