lundi 16 septembre 2013

The World Needs A Swedish Female Singer

By Cecile Ingram


Many Americans can name at least one very popular Swedish female singer in this world. It is no surprise that the group ABBA turned out to be one of the biggest singing groups all over the world. The group included four artists who were romantically linked together in the early 70's. These four unique individuals were Agnetha Faltskog, Frida Lyngstad, Bjorn Kristian Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.

History will always remember these four people as great artists who were able to inspire the world musically. The blonde bombshell of this group was Agnetha Faltskog and she is one lady who knows how to get everyone's attention. She is a native of Sweden and was raised in a very middle class family with no real connections to wealth. Her father was a store manager and her mother was a housewife.

Agnetha took many piano lessons and performed with her choir at church during every Sunday service. "The Cambers" was her very first musical group when she was only ten years old. Her group would always get a thrill out of performing for local events around her hometown and people really appreciated their talent. Unfortunately this amazing lady decided to leave school when she was only fifteen years old.

This decision was made in order to capture the audience which existed at the present time. Agnetha really looks up to Lesley Gore, Connie Francis and Aretha Franklin when it comes to music. These three women are her true inspiration and she thinks the world of them all. She found that it was very easy to write songs about heartbreak and romance.

Bjorn Ulvaeus and Faltskog became sexually involved towards the end of the 60's and they even got married for a number of years. After this marriage ended the two of them continued with ABBA since this group was very important to them both. They also shared custody of their two children from this failed marriage.

The fabulous Frida Lyngstad was also known as "Frida" to many of her fans everywhere. She was born in Norway but grew up in Sweden and her parents were Norwegian and German. Her father was a very proud German soldier named Alfred Haase and her mother was a Norwegian woman named Synni Lyngstad. Unfortunately her mother died at the early age of twenty-one. Frida's grandmother helped to raise her after this happened.

Everyone around knew that her grandmother was a terrific music person who sang for local events. Frida always thought of her grandma as a great role model and she was sure to let the world know about this fact. On many television interviews she would mention her grandmother to the eager host. When she was thirteen Frida ended up performing with an orchestra. Her music endeavors would eventually lead her to Benny Andersson.

Benny was married to this Swedish female singer for several years before filing for a divorce. The couple was actually together for quite a period of time before marrying. Once ABBA was finished Frida found herself back on stage as a single act. "I Know There's Something Going On" was a big hit song for her in the 80's.




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