Awarded Commander 1st class of the Order of Vasa (2024).
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Agnetha Fältskog
Åse Agneta "Agnetha" Fältskog is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album. She rose to international stardom in the 1970s as a member of ABBA, which is one of the best-selling music acts in history.
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entertainment · Swedish singer (born 1950) · schlager singer · autobiographer · composer · songwriter · recording artist · pop singer · disco singer · dansband singer · pop musician · singer · also Agnetha Fältskog, Agnetha Faltskog, Åse Agneta Fältskog, Fältskog
Born 5 April 1950 · Q173144
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2024· 2 entries
People: ABBA's New Doc Recalls Agnetha Fältskog Being 'Talked About as a Body Part' at Height of Band's Fame
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2023· 8 entries
Released album “A+”.
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Yahoo News UK: Agnetha Faltskog is rarely recognised by fans
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The Irish News: Abba star Agnetha Faltskog releases video for first solo music in a decade
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Yahoo: ABBA Legend Agnetha Fältskog Debuts New Song and Instagram Page: 'So ... Where Do We Go from Here?'
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American Songwriter: ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog Releases First New Album in 10 Years with New Song
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Contactmusic.com: ABBA legend Agnetha Faltskog releases first new solo music in 10 years
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CNN: ABBA legend Agnetha Fältskog releases new single
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Queerty: ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog is preparing for a solo career comeback & we’re ready to hit the dance floor
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2022· 1 entry
fact checker rated the claim “Photo shows the Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog holding a T-shirt that symbolizes her solidarity with Ukraine.” fake.
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2021· 1 entry
The Sun: How old is Agnetha Faltskog and what’s her net worth?
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “Sjung Denna Sång - Agnetha Fältskog”.
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2017· 1 entry
Published video “AgnethaVEVO Live Stream”.
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2016· 1 entry
– Agnetha Fältskog – The Girl with the Golden Hair, Fonthill Media, ISBN 1781555214
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2013· 12 entries
NDTV: Agnetha Faltskog
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Published video “Agnetha Fältskog - Dance Your Pain Away”.
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The Mirror: Abba's Agnetha Faltskog becomes Loose Woman for the day and admits "there's no way the band will reunite"
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The Arts Desk: CD: Agnetha Fältskog – A
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Released album “A”.
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Daily Express: CD Review: Agnetha Faltskog - A
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The Mirror: Abba star Agnetha Faltskog says she didn't think Swedish band were very good
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BBC: Agnetha Fältskog; Hannibal reviewed; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Hindustan Times: I couldn't say no to a comeback, says ABBA's Agnetha Faltskog
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Published video “Agnetha Fältskog - When You Really Loved Someone”.
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That she needed therapy to deal with the fear
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Fältskog said in 2013 that she needed therapy to deal with the fear.
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Original Album Classics”.
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Released album “My Very Best”.
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2005· 3 entries
Van der Graaf was sighted near Fältskog's estate in Ekerö
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Fältskog appeared with her former bandmates at the opening of the Mamma Mia
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Within months of the order expiring in 2005, Van der Graaf was sighted near Fältskog's estate in Ekerö.
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2004· 6 entries
Released album “My Colouring Book”.
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Released album “De första åren 1967–1979”.
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Followed in 2013 by A, her highest UK charting solo album to date
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Fältskog was nominated for Best Nordic Artist at the Nordic Music Awards, and at Christmas of that year, she gave an extensive interview (her first in many years) filmed by Swedish TV
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Released album “Singlar och andra sidor”.
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Released album “13 Hits”.
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2003· 1 entry
Was arrested and then banned from entering Sweden
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1999· 2 entries
Stalked her further at her mansion, resulting in a court issuing Van der Graaf with a restraining order and deporting him to the Netherlands in 2000
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After Fältskog ended the relationship in 1999, he stalked her further at her mansion, resulting in a court issuing Van der Graaf with a restraining order and deporting him to the Netherlands in 2000.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “That’s Me – The Greatest Hits”.
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And released worldwide via Virgin Publishing, selling over 50,000 copies
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Released album “Svensktoppar”.
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1997· 2 entries
Fältskog started a relationship with a Dutch forklift driver, Gert van der Graaf
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In 1997, Fältskog started a relationship with a Dutch forklift driver, Gert van der Graaf.
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “My Love, My Life”.
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Her autobiography Som jag är was published in Swedish (and in English the following year titled As I Am), followed by several compilation CDs of her Swedish and English recordings, including one called My Love, My Life f
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1994· 4 entries
Released album “The Voice of ABBA”.
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Fältskog's mother died by suicide by jumping from her Jönköping apartment balcony
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Released album “Geh' mit Gott”.
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In 1994, Fältskog's mother died by suicide by jumping from her Jönköping apartment balcony.
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1990· 1 entry
Fältskog married Swedish surgeon Tomas Sonnenfeld, and the couple divorced in 1993
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1988· 1 entry
It was nominated for the Swedish music prize Grammis in the category 'Barn' (For Children)
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1987· 2 entries
Released album “I Stand Alone”.
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Released album “Kom följ med i vår karusell”.
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1986· 1 entry
Fältskog recorded another duet, "The Way You Are", with Swedish singer Ola Håkansson, which became her top hit in Sweden, Norway and Brazil
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Eyes of a Woman”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “Wrap Your Arms Around Me”.
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During her solo career years, Fältskog would always travel by bus and was in a bus accident on a Swedish motorway in 1983.
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1981· 2 entries
Released album “Nu tändas tusen juleljus”.
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Fältskog wrote the ballad "Men natten är vår" ("But the Night Is Ours") with lyrics by Ingela Forsman for the Melodifestivalen, but instead of performing the song in the contest herself, she chose new talent Kicki Moberg
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1979· 4 entries
Released album “Tio år med Agnetha”.
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Fältskog's split from Ulvaeus in 1979 greatly affected her, and she needed therapy afterwards.
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Fältskog had a fear of flying, which worsened during ABBA's 1979 US tour, when the band's plane, heading to Boston was short of fuel, hit a tornado and performed an emergency landing.
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Greatly affected her, and she needed therapy afterwards
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “Elva kvinnor i ett hus”.
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During the same period as her bandmate Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded her Swedish number one album Frida ensam, Fältskog recorded and produced her solo album Elva kvinnor i ett hus
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1974· 1 entry
Fältskog and Carlgren agreed on a concept for the album; it should consist of 12 songs, each sung by 12 female characters living in the same apartment building
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1973· 1 entry
Released album “Agnetha Fältskogs Bästa”.
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1972· 1 entry
Fältskog portrayed Mary Magdalene in the Swedish production of the international hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar
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1971· 2 entries
On 6 July 1971, Fältskog married Björn Ulvaeus.
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Released album “När en vacker tanke blir en sång”.
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1970· 2 entries
Released "Om tårar vore guld" ("If Tears Were Gold")
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Released album “Som jag är”.
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1969· 1 entry
Released album “Agnetha Fältskog, Volume 2”.
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1968· 1 entry
Released album “Agnetha Fältskog”.
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1958· 1 entry
Began taking piano lessons, and also sang in a local church choir
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-04-05.
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