Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd?
song written and composed by Karin Hemmingsson and Tommy Andersson, originally recorded by Vikingarna and released in 1998
"Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd?" is a song written by Karin Hemmingsson and Tommy Andersson, and recorded by Swedish dansband Vikingarna on the band's album Kramgoa låtar 1998 from the within the album title mentioned year. The song was originally played at Ragnar Dahlberg's TV program På turné on 1 July 1998. Vikingarna also performed the song at Leif "Loket" Olsson's TV program Bingolotto on 24 October the same year.
The song lyrics deals with loving someone at a long distance, between two places where a car travel lasts several hours.
Charts
Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd? peaked at 35th place at the Swedish single chart. The song was at Svensktoppen during the years of 1998 and 1999, peaking during the 25 first times. On 8 August 1998 the song, debuting, directly topped the chart. On 30 January 1999 the song had been kicked down to the second place. On 24 April 1999, the song had been knocked out from the chart.
“Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd?” enters the record as song written and composed by Karin Hemmingsson and Tommy Andersson, originally recorded by Vikingarna and released in 1998. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what älska, nå'n and avstånd can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10543232. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1998 and 1999.
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