eurovision 2001
Friends
Friends represented Sweden at Eurovision 2001 in Copenhagen with “Listen to Your Heartbeat”, finishing 5th of 23.
Sweden
2001
- what
- Swedish musical group; "dansband"
- formed
- 1999, Sweden
- contest
- 2001
- best result
- 5th, 2001
- music
- dansband music
- active
- 1999 to 2003
- members
- Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk past and present
- sang for
- Sweden
Biography
Friends was a Swedish dansband and pop group formed in 1999: Stefan Brunzell, Tony Haglund, Kristian Hermanson, Nina Inhammar, Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg. “Listen to Your Heartbeat” finished fifth in Copenhagen in 2001.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Friends (Swedish band)”.
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Look up
The act’s own accounts, as listed on Wikidata. If one is wrong or out of date, tell us and we’ll take it down.
At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- Melodifestivalen 2000
- Melodifestivalen 2001
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In the drama file
The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Friends is part of.
- 2001 A song that sounded familiar Accusations and rows
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Friends, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2001 A song that sounded familiar
Sweden's entry, "Listen to Your Heartbeat", was accused again and again of copying Belgium's song of 1996. The Swedish writers denied it.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.