Carola Häggkvist
Biography
Carola Maria Häggkvist (born 8 September 1966), also known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's 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 biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her career, she has recorded many top-selling albums and singles and is referred to as Sweden's 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.
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Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Self
The first season of Sweden's Idol premiered in August 2004 and continued until its grand finale on 26 November. It is a spin off of Britain's Pop Idol.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Self - Contestant
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Self
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Self - Performer
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Self - Interval Act
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Self - Spokesperson
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Self - Opening Act
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish tv show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays. The audience is supposed to sing-along with musical guests to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale - about fifty people in the audience. Today about 10 000–25 500 people come to each performance.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Gästartist
På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show. På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season. In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host. Björn Hellberg too decided to leave and was replaced with Fredrik Lindström.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."
Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • as Self
Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Self
Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman took over in 2006. Så ska det låta can be watched online at svt play for approximately one month after airing.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Self
"Hver gang vi møtes" is a Norwegian reality television show broadcast on the Norwegian TV 2 television station in 2012. It is structured in similar format to the Swedish series "Så mycket bättre" that had been launched in 2010.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Self
Five celebrities spend five days together on a castle somewhere in Sweden. Each episode (or day) centres around one of them. This person decides what to to and eat. The others get the chance to ask questions about this persons life and career.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Self
"Så mycket bättre" is the Swedish version of the format "Beste Zangers". This is asinging reality show where each artist attempts to do their own version of another artists well-known songs, with each person getting an episode featuring all of their songs being performed by the other musicians. The artists spend eight days together at a hotel in Gotland, where they attempt to put their own stamps on the songs.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from Malmö. The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio. One of the most popular sketches in the show features Robin appearing as Swedish football player Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Herself
TV presenter invites Swedish celebrities and interesting personalities to her summer island in the Stockholm Archipelago for an evening filled with food, drink, laughs and emotion. She interviews her guests about their career, life and dreams, trying to learn new things about them.
Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Self
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio, which determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and thirteen top-five placings.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Unfiltered and unexpected when Bianca Ingrosso invites Swedish and international stars to Sweden's new big talk show - BIANCA.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Self
In "Klassfesten" Swedish celebrities compete against each other in knowledge from their own time in primary school. Each week, two celebrities are pitted against each other in subjects ranging from history and music to PE and mathematics. During the competition they also share memories from their time in school.
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Herself - Huvudgäst
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Self - Performer
In the vacuum created by the absence of live music, TV4 and Live Nation invite you to a unique music experience together with some of Sweden's most popular artists.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Herself - Guest
Popstar and food enthusiast Benjamin Ingrosso invites Swedish celebrities to dinner.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
Every year the Swedish entertainment industry is taken over for weeks by a single television show trying to find Sweden's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen has grown into a center around which a large portion of the Swedish music industry revolves and is financed by. Is it really reasonable that so much power is wielded by a single production?
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self
A nostalgia trip back to the 80s when the Herrey brothers created hysteria with their win in Eurovision 1984 with the song Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley. It's about what it was like to deal with the fans, the press and the sudden celebrity. This year marks 40 years since their breakthrough, and it's time to make new music and get on the stage again.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Self
The unlikely duo Mauri Hermundsson and Per Morberg embark on a world-wide journey full of surprising adventures, culinary experiences and strange encounters. There is everything from laughter and mischief to pain and sadness as they take on countries such as Japan, Argentina and South Africa. Will Mauri succeed in his goal of becoming friends with Per or will their differences be too great?
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Carola (archive footage)
The story of the fictional evening newspaper Kvällspressen and the journalists who works at its editorial office in Stockholm.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self
For over 30 years has E-Type been the undisputed king of euro disco in Sweden. For at least as long, he has been the eternal bachelor, living the Stockholm life without a wife and children. Now his life has turned 180 degrees.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Self
A close personal portrait of Amadeus Sögaard, the son of Carola Häggkvist and Runar Sögaard. Amadeus describes his upbringing and his career as an elite football player in Sweden.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Herself
In the 1890s, 10-year-old Yohan is sent away from home to survive on his own as a child laborer. He experiences hardships and overcomes his fears by relying on bravery and hope to make the best of his circumstances.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Self
Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement-restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self - Sång
Jul med Carola 2018 is a warm and atmospheric Christmas concert filmed in the decorated timber barn at Steninge Palace. Joined by an orchestra and gospel choir, Carola performs beloved seasonal songs, personal favourites and expressive new interpretations of Christmas classics. Her powerful voice, magnetic stage presence and close connection with the audience create a celebration that feels both grand and intimate, filled with joy, faith, togetherness and the special anticipation of Christmas.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self
Tilde de Paula Eby and Edvin Törnblom welcome us to a star-studded evening and offer treats from the past year. On site are Benjamin Ingrosso, Carola, Robert Gustafsson, Marko Lehtosalo and many more! In addition, Agneta Sjödin shares her favorites from the caramel archive. We also peek into 2024's crystal ball and are treated to exciting news and exclusive previews.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Self
With access to unique footage, the film *CAROLA!* offers a glimpse into the life of Carola Häggkvist. She is the artist who has been adored by audiences for decades and who fascinated Ingmar Bergman so deeply that he watched her wedding on repeat. She is also the person who, having been directed by others since the age of 16, has now—at 60—taken control of her own life. She is Carola, and she never ceases to fascinate.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Self
A colorful full evening from Nalen in Stockholm led by Tilde de Paula Eby. Together with a star-studded list of viewer favorites and double husbands, we look back at the past year and take the first steps into 2025. We are visited by, among others, Peter Haber, Valter Skarsgård, Renée Nyberg, Pär Lernström, Mauri Hermundsson, Tina Nordström, David Hellenius and David Sundin.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Self
Gala gowns, passion, discipline, magic, glitter, sweat, and tears. A film about fashion designer Lars Wallin, one of Sweden’s most celebrated couturiers.