"Främling" was composed by Lasse Holm, with Swedish lyrics by Monica Forsberg, and was arranged by Lennart Sjöholm [sv].

[2] Kikki Danielsson was first asked to sing "Främling", but instead she chose "Varför är kärleken röd?

[citation needed] In addition to the Swedish language original version, Carola recorded the song in English –as "Love Isn't Love" with lyrics by Stuart Slater–, German –as "Fremder"–, Dutch –as "Je ogen hebben geen geheimen"–, and in an English-Dutch-Swedish version.

[1] On 23 April 1983, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich hosted by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) on behalf of ARD and broadcast live throughout the continent.

Carloa performed "Främling" fourth on the evening, following the United Kingdom's "I'm Never Giving Up" by Sweet Dreams, and preceding Italy's entry "Per Lucia" by Riccardo Fogli.