"Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus" is a song written by

Bobby Ljunggren Bobby Ljunggren (born 6 June 1961) is a Swedish songwriter. He has entered the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer six times, five times for his native Sweden (1995, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010), and once for Lithuania, in 2005. He is a veteran ...

, Henrik Wikström and Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by

Shirley Clamp Shirley Natasja Clamp (born 17 February 1973) is a British-Swedish pop singer. She has achieved four Top 10 singles in Sweden including a Number 1 with " Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus" in 2009, and three Top 10 albums. She has competed seven times ...

Melodifestivalen 2009 2009 was the 49th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 7 February and 14 March 2009. The winner of the competition was Malena Ernman with the song "La Voix (song), ...

, where the song participated in the first semifinal inside

Scandinavium Scandinavium () is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971. Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty t ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

on 7 February 2009, getting knocked out of contest. The song was also released as a single. On 6 March 2009, the single topped the

Swedish singles chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name s ...

. The song also charted at Svensktoppen for two weeks between 1-8 March 2009 with positions 8-9 before leaving chart.Svensktoppen - ''15 March 2009''
/ref> A Melodifestivalen 2009 pause act featured Shirley Clamp acting as a cashier woman, singing the song with the lyrics ''Med kassen fylld av mat'' (''With the bag full of food'').

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2009 singles 2009 songs Shirley Clamp songs Songs with lyrics by Ingela Forsman Songs written by Henrik Wikström Songs written by Bobby Ljunggren Melodifestivalen songs of 2009 Number-one singles in Sweden Songs in Swedish {{2000s-pop-song-stub