Carola Häggkvist is a Swedish singer who was born in Stockholm on September 8, 1966. She appeared on television for the first time after winning a talent show in 1977. A couple of years later promotor Bert Karlsson discovered her and she was offered to take part in Melodifestivalen 1982, the preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest but she turn down the offer. In 1983 she recorded the album "Stand by with Carola Häggkvist" with the Swedish metal band Standby. However, in 1983, she decided to participate with Främling, which became Carola's big breakthrough. She won Melodifestivalen with full points from all juries. A few month later she represented Sweden in Eurovision in Munich, and a record was broken; 6.1 million Swedes followed the competition, that’s 84% of the Swedish population and that record has still not been broken. The Stockholm City Hall Stockholm  listen is the capital and the largest city of Sweden. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Melodifestivalen is the Swedish national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In telecommunication, the term standby has the following meanings: In computer and communications systems operations, pertaining to a power-saving condition or status of operation of equipment that is ready for use but not in use. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 23, 1983 in Munich. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...

Her debut Främling sold an amazing one million copies, that also being a record that will hold for a long time and probably never be broken in Sweden. Främling was also recorded in English, German and Dutch, after having ended up in third place at the Eurovision Song Contest. During 1983 and 1984 she released three albums at Mariann (the record company of Bert Karlsson) and they all sold very well. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

In 1985 Carola started to collaborate with the Bee Gees. She recorded an album, Runaway, with songs written by Maurice and Robin Gibb and produced by Maurice. The record sold double platinum when released in Sweden the following year. After this album Carola left the pop-scene for a while, doing a church tour together with Per-Erik Hallin and releasing the live album Carola & Per-Erik Hallin i Rättviks kyrka. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (December 22, 1949 - January 12, 2003), was a musician and a member of the band the Bee Gees. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin Robin Hugh Gibb was born December 22, 1949, in Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, the twin of Maurice Gibb (1949-2003). ...

In Melodifestivalen 1990 Carola made a surprising comeback with Mitt i ett äventyr and ended up second. She also released a new album, Much more, and she was constantly followed by the tabloid press. The next year she went for revenge in Melodifestivalen, entering with Fångad av en stormvind and won. In the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 in Rome she practically tied with Amina from France but managed to win due to being awarded 10 points by a greater number of juries. Later that year she recorded a Christmas album – Jul. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1991 in Rome. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ...

Carola was the first Scandinavian pop artist ever to go to China, and she released an album there in 1992. After her tenth anniversary as an artist in 1993 she changed her focus and made a gospel album, My tribute, which was released in Scandinavia and 12 other countries. It also made her Gospel Artist of the Year in the Netherlands 1994. She continued to release albums and in 1994 a more rockish one came, Personligt. This was the first album with songs written by Carola herself. Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... In Christianity, Gospels are a genre of Early Christian literature essentially concerning the message and meaning of Jesus. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

In 1995 Carola made her debut as a musical actress doing the role of Maria in The Sound of Music, acting with Tommy Körberg. Three years later she sang the theme song in theNorwegian musical Sophie's World, which was released on the album Songs from Sophie's World. Several years later, 2002, she made a short appearance as Fantine in Les Misérables in London. Julie Andrews as Maria, seeks guidance from the Mother Abbess, played by Peggy Wood, in this scene from the 1965 film version. ... Tommy Körberg (b. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Les Misérables programme from Palace Theatre purchased for £3 in July 2003. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Carola once again goes 'non-pop' and does an album with psalms written by Lina Sandell in 1998, Blott en dag, and an album with children's songs in 2001, Sov på min arm. Later in 2001 she returns to pop with the album My show. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2003, Carola has her big 20 years anniversary as an artist. She has released one collection-CD, Guld, platina & passion – det bästa med Carola and will release a big collection with 4 CD:s later on (Guld, platina & passion – det mesta med Carola). At the moment she is touring Sweden for, what she claims, the last time and she is currently on svensktoppen (the Swedish charts) with her new song När löven faller (Autumn leaves), which originally was written for Melodifestivalen 2003 but got disqualified. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

All in all, Carola has released 15 albums and 5 collection-albums in her 20-year-long career and she is one of the most well known artists in Sweden. Her career so far has been incredible and close to everobody in Sweden are familiar with the tune Främling. Yet Carola is controversial as she's criticized the acceptance of gay and lesbians in Sweden and was married to an impopular Norwegian of strictly Christian faith. The couple have a son, Amadeus, named after Mr. Mozart himself. After the divorce she flaunted her stand on the matter by wearing a top saying "Avaliable" in Swedish on national television. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ...

See also: List of Swedes in music This is a list of Swedish composers, musicians and singers: Carl Michael Bellman, (1740-1795) Jussi Björling Robyn Sixten Ehrling Lisa Ekdahl Sten Frykberg (1910-1983) Agnetha Fältskog, former member of the pop group ABBA Bo Hansson Jakob Hellman Nils Landgren Christian Lindberg Yngwie J. Malmsteen Max Martin...

Toto Cotugno is an Italian singer and winner of Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song Insieme 1992. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Carola (http://www.carola.com/) - Official site