"Främling" (; "Stranger"), written by

Lasse Holm Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm (born 9 December 1943) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and television host. Holm has also hosted and appeared in several television shows. As singer Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of ...

and

Monica Forsberg Monica Yvonne Forsberg (born 14 September 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. She was a member in the group Ritz, which competed in Melodifestivalen in 1983 (which finished number 4 with the song "Marionett") and 1985 (with the ...

and arranged by , was the song performed by the 16-year-old Swedish singer

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which won the Melodifestivalen 1983. At the

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, in the former

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, the song finished third. It was performed fourth on the night, after the 's song "

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" by Sweet Dreams, and before 's entry "

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" by

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. "Främling" became a huge hit in Scandinavia, charting in Finland, Norway and Sweden, peaking at number six, one and five.

Trivia

* Kikki Danielsson was first asked to sing "Främling", but instead she chose " Varför är kärleken röd?", which finished second in the Swedish Melodifestivalen that year. *"Främling" was also written with text versions in

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and

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as, respectively, "Fremder", "Je ogen hebben geen geheimen" and "Love Isn't Love".

Cover versions

* The Swedish heavy metal group

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covered "Främling" on their 1998 album ''

Schlager Metal ''Schlager Metal'' is a 1998 album by Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars. On the album, they cover Melodifestivalen songs in heavy metal version. However, the first song, "Cherie", was their own and they performed it at the Swedish Melodifest ...

''. * Finnish singer

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covered the song in Finnish, as "Muukalainen" (also translating as "stranger"). * The Norwegian free-jazz band Farmers Market has covered "Främling" on several concerts, and on their 2008 album '' Surfin' USSR''. Farmers Market often use unusual time signatures, and their version of Främling switch between 11/16, 15/16, 7/16 and 13/16. The live version usually also has four bars of 2/4.

Charts

References

1983 songs Carola Häggkvist songs Eurovision songs of 1983 Melodifestivalen songs of 1983 Eurovision songs of Sweden Songs written by Lasse Holm Songs written by Monica Forsberg Music based on art Mariann Grammofon singles Number-one singles in Norway 1983 singles Schlager songs {{1980s-pop-song-stub