Kärleken är

"Kärleken är" (literally, The love is, English title: "Eternal Love") 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 finished 10th with 53 points. It was the last Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest sung in Swedish.

"Kärleken är"
Eurovision Song Contest 1998 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Håkan Almqvist,
Bobby Ljunggren
Lyricist(s)
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
10th
Final points
53
Entry chronology
◄ "Bara hon älskar mig" (1997)   
"Take Me to Your Heaven" (1999) ►

Although lyricist Ingela "Pling" Forsman did not comment on the background of the song when it won Melodifestivalen and competed at Eurovision, she has since confirmed that the lyrics indeed were inspired by the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in a car accident in France in 1997.[1] The chorus in Swedish translates as; "An angel flew by on her way to heaven, so free, but she left her smile here on earth - like a warming sun, like heavenly starlight, so that we can contemplate life and its events with a faith; love is..."

Single

The single "Kärleken är" was released on 20 March 1998. It reached #5 on the Swedish singles chart.

Track listing
  1. "Kärleken är" (radio version) - 3:00
  2. "Kärleken är" (instrumental version) - 3:00

List placings

Svensktoppen

Kärleken är was tested on the Sveriges Radio radio chart Svensktoppen, entering on 2 May 1998 at #1 and spending a total of six weeks on the listing.

Tracks

Kärleken är was also tested on Sveriges Radio's hit list Trackslistan. On 11 April 1998 the song entered the list, spending eight weeks on the chart, with its peak position at #6 on 16 May 1998.

English

Jill Johnson recorded the song on her 1998 album När hela världen ser på, both in its Swedish and English language versions, the latter entitled "Eternal Love" and retaining the theme of the original Swedish lyrics.

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[2] 5

References
  1. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna, Premium förlag 2006 (first released 1999), page 263-265 - Melodifestival 1998, I schlagerns mikrokosmos...
  2. "Swedishcharts.com – Jill Johnson – Kärleken är". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
Preceded by
"Bara hon älskar mig" by Blond		 Melodifestivalen winners
1998		 Succeeded by
"Tusen och en natt" by Charlotte Nilsson
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