"Så länge det lyser mittemot" was written when Fredriksson returned to her Stockholm apartment after a prolonged period of touring. She explained: "I had been travelling a lot, for maybe three or four months, and I felt so alone when I came back to a dusty, empty apartment. It's really depressing, to realise no-one has been in your home since you left it. I felt such a coldness. Then I sat on my couch and looked out the window at my neighbour's garden, which looked beautiful while the sun was shining. I felt then that I wasn't completely alone. It was a strange, comforting thought." "Ett enda liv" was inspired by the suicide of one of Fredriksson's childhood friends.