Scandinavian superstar Carola is an phenomenon. Constantly giving it her all whether on-stage or in the studio, she's like a vocal blast furnace. Through the years, she's made pop, hymns, rock, ballads, disco, gospel, folk music, lullabies and AOR, performing in musicals, TV shows, Pan-Nordic Christmas specials and numerous sold-out concert tours all over Scandinavia. In the hands of most artists, this combination of styles could have ended up being too diversified. But somehow every style of music ends up sounding tailor-made for her.

Carola Haggkvist was born in Stockholm on September 8, 1966.
She appeared on television for the first time after winning a talent show in 1977. A couple of years later promoter Bert Karlsson discovered her and she was offered to take part in Melodifestivalen 1982, the national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest, but she turned down the offer. However, in 1983, she decided to participate in Melodifestivalen with Framling, winning the contest with full points from all juries. This was her big breakthrough. A few months later she represented Sweden in Eurovision in Munich, and 6.1 million Swedish television viewers, 84 % of the population, watched the competition - a record that still has not been broken. She came third.

In her native Sweden, Carola is recognised by everyone. She can hardly go anywhere without being approached by fans. Like the true star that she is, she takes time to write autographs, chat away and show her fans that she knows that she wouldn't be anywhere without them.
In 1991 she won the Melodifestivalen with Fangad av en stormvind. At the Eurosong in Rome she tied with Amina from France. The rules stated that the entries that had been awarded most amounts of twelve points would win, but since both countries had been awarded the same amounts of 12's, the entries were separated by counting awarded 10's. Carola had more, and won.

In 1992, she had another huge hit with 'Fångad av en stormvind'. She also became the first Scandinavian artist to release an album in China, where she performed on national television in front of more than 600 million viewers.

In 1997, the hit single 'Dreamer', an energetic disco classic with a rock attitude, lent a voice to proud, hard-working, loving moms out there. The song was a new track on a Best Of double-CD that summed up her career so far. In 1998, Carola was the Swedish voice of Mirjam, in Steven Spielberg's first animated movie, 'The Prince of Egypt'. In 2003, a four-disc box set (a very rare release among Swedish artists) and live-DVD hit the stores.