Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 1998
Selection date(s)	14 March 1998
Selected entrant	Jill Johnson
Selected song	"Kärleken är"
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 53 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, held in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

Melodifestivalen 1998

Further information: Melodifestivalen 1998

Sweden continued using the common Melodifestivalen format to select their entry. The final of Melodifestivalen 1998 was held on 14 March 1998, where ten songs were performed. Five of the songs were eliminated and the remaining five were voted on by the 11 juries. The winner was "Kärleken är" (English: Love Is), sung by Jill Johnson and composed by Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist and Ingela Forsman.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Annika Fehling	"När en stjärna faller"	-	-
2	B.I.G.	"Ingen annan väg"	52	2nd
3	Elisabeth Melander	"Ta dej tid"	-	-
4	Nanne Grönvall	"Avundsjuk"	35	4th
5	Linda Eriksson	"Bara månen får se"	-	-
6	Helena Eriksson	"Kärleken finns överallt"	-	-
7	Fredrik Karlsson	"Långsamma timmar"	-	-
8	Myrra Malmberg	"Julia"	38	3rd
9	Black Ingvars	"Cherie"	34	5th
10	Jill Johnson	"Kärleken är"	62	1st

At Eurovision

Johnson sang in the 16th position on the night of the contest, and finished tenth at the close of the voting, receiving 53 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Sweden

Points awarded to Sweden

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Estonia	Norway	Hungary		Finland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands	Malta	Poland	Ireland Turkey	United Kingdom

Points awarded by Sweden

12 points	Norway
10 points	Finland
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Malta
5 points	Israel
4 points	Estonia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Ireland