Carola Häggkvist

Carola Maria Häggkvist born 8 September 1966 also known as simply Carola is a Swedish singer and songwriter She has been among Swedens most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music Her debut album Främling 1983 sold around one million copies and remains the biggestselling album in Swedish music history She has also worked as a songwriter During her career she has recorded many topselling albums and singles and is referred to as Swedens most prominent female singer Some of her biggest hits are Främling Tommy tycker om mig Fångad av en stormvind All the Reasons to Live I Believe in Love Genom allt and Evighet She has released records in various languages Swedish Dutch German English Norwegian and Japanese Häggkvist has represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions in 1983 finishing third in 1991 winning the contest and in 2006 finishing fifth