Already at the press conference for the entertainment program, Carola Häggkvist shows who's in charge.
She makes her entrance first and is the one presenting her artist colleagues: Astrid S, Stein Torleif Bjella, Jonas Benyoub, Thomas Dybdahl, and Ina Wroldsen. Kjartan Lauritzen also participates in the program.
When asked why she accepted the invitation from Norway, Häggkvist replies that she got "warm in her clothes" during her 40-year anniversary as an artist last year and thought she could offer a little bit of herself to the Norwegians as well.
And I want to show that I can "kick some ass" and am still relevant, she says.
Häggkvist was in "Så mycket bättre" in 2014 and tells NTB that things actually became much better for her after that program regarding how the Swedish media treated her.
You can't write whatever you want about a person. The other artists who participated were also very clear that the media had treated me badly in the 90s. After that, it calmed down, I was met with more positivity and understanding, says Häggkvist.
In Kjerringøy outside Bodø, where "Hver gang vi møtes" was recorded, Häggkvist arrived with eight suitcases full of clothes, she recounts, and then showers praise on the six Norwegian artist colleagues she met there.
Most of all, singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen impressed her. Her interpretation of Carola Häggkvist's breakthrough hit "Främling" knocked out the Swedish star.
