Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "", composed by HÃÂ¥kan Almqvist and Bobby Ljunggren, with lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by Jill Johnson. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1998.
1998 was the selection for the 38th song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 37th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,141 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition, with ten songs selected to compete. Five of the songs were eliminated and the remaining five were voted on by 11 regional juries. The final was held in the Malmö Musikteater in Malmö on 14 March 1998, presented by Pernilla MÃÂ¥nsson and Magnus Karlsson, and was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 2,881,000 people and the winner was "Kärleken är", sung by Jill Johnson and composed by Bobby Ljunggren, HÃÂ¥kan Almqvist and Ingela "Pling" Forsman.
Johnson sang in the 19th position on the night of the contest, and at the close of voting she finished 10th out of 25 countries, receiving 53 points. The Swedish televoting awarded its 12 points to Norway.