Främling (song)

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Främling, written by Lasse Holm and Monica Forsberg and arranged by Lennart Sjöholm, was the song performed by the 16-year-old Carola Häggkvist which won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1983.

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich in the former West Germany the song finished third.

[edit] Trivia

• Kikki Danielsson was first asked to sing Främling, but instead she chose "Varför är kärleken röd?", which finished second in the Swedish Melodifestivalen that year.
• Främling was also written with text versions in German, Dutch and English as, respectively, Fremder, Je ogen hebben geen geheimen and Love isn't Love.

[edit] Covers

• The Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars covered "Främling" on their 1998 album Schlager Metal.

Preceded by Dag efter dag by Chips

Melodifestivalen winners 1983

Succeeded by Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley by Herreys