"Kärleken är evig" ("Love is eternal") is a Swedish language song written by

Torgny Söderberg Sten Torgny Söderberg (26 November 1944 – 5 August 2022) was a Swedish songwriter. He was mainly known for working with Lena Philipsson and wrote schlager songs such as " 100%", "Kärleken är evig" and "Diggi-loo diggi-ley".Per Gessle Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was d ...

. Swedish pop singer

Lena Philipsson Maria Magdalena Philipsson (born 19 January 1966), known by her stage name Lena Philipsson, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and media personality. She represented Sweden in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fifth. Career Philipsson ...

sang "Kärleken är evig" at the Swedish

Melodifestivalen 1986 Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway. The Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1986, was held on 22 March at the Cirkus in Stockholm, and was broadcast across Sweden on SVT1. The winners were Las ...

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It finished in second place, scoring 42 points. The song subsequently peaked at number three on the

Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...

. The song was also at

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

for 7 weeks during the period 20 April-1 June 1986, with its highest position being second place during the debut week. In 2001 the song was recorded by the Drifters on the band's studio album ''

Om du vill ha mig ''Om du vill ha mig'' is a 2001 studio album by Swedish band Drifters. From the album, the band scored three Svensktoppen hit songs. Track listing #Om du vill ha mig ( Peter Dahl, Thomas Holmstrand, Linda Jansson) #Vem kan leva utan kärlek? ( ...

''.

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1986 singles Lena Philipsson songs Melodifestivalen songs of 1986 Songs written by Per Gessle Songs written by Torgny Söderberg Swedish-language songs Drifters (Swedish band) songs 1986 songs Mariann Grammofon singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub