Carola Häggkvist
- Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Carola Häggkvist was born September 8 1966 outside Stockholm, Sweden to
parents Jan and Anita Häggkvist. 1983, at the age of 16, Carola
represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest singing her
breakthrough single "Främling" (Holm/Forsberg), and landed at #3 after
Luxemburg and Isreal. Her debut album "Främling" (Mariann Music 1983)
sold over 1.000.000 copies, and is still the most sold album in Sweden
in history. The summer tour of 1983 set records at the box office at
nearly every stop through Sweden. The album "Runaway" (Polydor
International 1986) was written and produced by the BeeGees and
released throughout Europe. Carola made her acting debut in the stage
version of "The Sound of Music" in Stockholm 1995, for which she won
the Swedish Guldmasken Award for Best Leading Actress in a
Musical/Comedy 1996. 1998 Carola gave Moses' sister Miriam her Swedish
voice in "Prinsen Av Egypten" (The Prince of Egypt / Dreamworks 1998).
In 2000 Carola played herself in "Livet är en Schlager" (Sonet Film
2000), written by Jonas Gardell and directed by Danish Susanne
Bier.
