winner, 1991
Carola Häggkvist
Carola Häggkvist, usually billed as Carola, sang at three Eurovision Song Contests, in 1983, 1991 and 2006, for Sweden, and won in 1991 with “Fångad av en stormvind”.
- who
- Swedish singer and songwriter
- born
- 8 September 1966, Stockholm, Sweden
- billed as
- Carola
- contests
- 1983, 1991, 2006
- win
- 1991
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1983
- record labels
- Sonet Records
- sang for
- Sweden
Biography
Carola is a Swedish singer who has been among the country’s most popular performers since the early 1980s, on albums that run from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. The debut album, Främling, came out in 1983, sold around a million copies, and is still the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history.
Carola has sung for Sweden at the contest three times: third in 1983 with “Främling”, first in 1991 with “Fångad av en stormvind”, and fifth in 2006 with “Invincible”. The 1991 win came on a tie-break, after Sweden and France finished level on points.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Carola Häggkvist”.
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At Eurovision
Three songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1983 Munich
“Främling”
3rd of 20 Finished 3rd of 20, with 126 points.
- Sung in
- Swedish
- Written by
- Monica Forsberg, Lasse Holm
- Conductor
- Anders Ekdahl
- Running order
- 4th of 20
- Age on the night
- 16
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: Corinne Hermès, “Si la vie est cadeau”
The story of Eurovision 1983: Lost in three languages, and a winner the hall walked out on
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1991 Rome
“Fångad av en stormvind”
Winner Won the contest with 146 points, ahead of 21 other songs.
- Billed as
- Carola
- Sung in
- Swedish
- Written by
- Stephan Berg
- Conductor
- Anders Berglund
- Running order
- 8th of 22
- Age on the night
- 24
Play: Carola — “Fångad av en stormvind”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1991 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1991: A tie, a count-back and a show that kept going wrong
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2006 Athens
“Invincible”
5th of 24 Finished 5th of 24 in the final, with 170 points.
- Billed as
- Carola
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Thomas G:son, Carola Häggkvist, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström
- Running order
- 22nd of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 4th of 23, 214 points
- Age on the night
- 39
- Won that year
- Finland: Lordi, “Hard Rock Hallelujah”
The story of Eurovision 2006: Hard Rock Hallelujah: Finland wins after 45 years
Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- Melodifestivalen 1983
- Melodifestivalen 1990
- Melodifestivalen 1991
- Melodifestivalen 2006
- Melodifestivalen 2008
Awards
- Guldmasken 1996
- Lisebergsapplåden 2000
- Ulla Billquist Scholarship 2001
- H. M. The King's Medal 2007
- Swedish Music Hall of Fame 2015
- Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame 2021
- Illis quorum 2023
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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- 1991 146 each Ties and photo finishes
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Carola Häggkvist, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1983 The result
She won anyway. "Si la vie est cadeau" finished on 142 points, six ahead of Israel's Ofra Haza. Israel had now been runner-up two years running. Sweden's Carola Häggkvist was third, a single point ahead of Yugoslavia.
- 1991 Who was there
Carola, third for Sweden in 1983, was back. So was Hanne Krogh, a winner with Bobbysocks, this time in a Norwegian group.
- 1991 146 each
Carola and "Fångad av en stormvind" were declared the winners, and Sweden had its third victory. France's Amina, with exactly the same number of points, was second.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.