"När löven faller" is a song written by

Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as 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 ...

(lyrics) and Ingemar Åberg (composer). Carola Häggkvist applied for

Melodifestivalen 2003 2003 was the 43rd edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 15 February and 15 March 2003. The winner of the competition was Fame with the song " Give Me Your Love", ...

with the song, where it was first accepted. But when Carola Häggkvist said she didn't want to perform it on stage herself, the song was rejected since rules require the one singing at the demo recording to be prepared to perform the song at Melodifestivalen. Instead, the song became a major

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing on 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. In the years leading up to the January 20 ...

hit, entering the chart on 11 May 2003, reaching number eight. The song peaked at third place. On 9 November 2003, the song had been knocked out from Svensktoppen after 26 rounds.Svensktoppen - ''2 november 2003''
/ref> Carola Häggkvist originally performed the song on 9 March 2003 during the Swedish TV-show

Söndagsöppet Söndagsöppet was a television show broadcast on SVT on Sundays. The first broadcast was on 7 October 1990 and the last episode was broadcast on 21 December 2003 after 27 seasons. References Sveriges Television original programming {{S ...

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