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Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, also known simply as Frida, is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA.
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entertainment · Swedish singer (born 1945) · schlager singer · recording artist · pop singer · disco singer · dansband singer · singer · pop musician · composer · musician · also Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Anni-Frid, Princess Reuss, Countess of Plauen, Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, Princess Anni-Frid Synni Reuss, Countess of Plauen, Frida Lyngstad, Princess Anni-Frid, Countess of Plauen
Born 15 November 1945 · Q201908
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“The moment on the town hall balcony was very heartfelt and I was moved to tears by the fantastic welcome from all the people in the street looking up on us where we stood. We felt like royalty at that moment, waving to them all down there.”
“The person who started my nomadic life was my grandmother.”
“...the energy exchange between us on stage and the audience was absolutely amazing.”
Awarded Commander 1st class of the Order of Vasa (2024).
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Her grandson Jonathan died from stomach cancer
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Lyngstad and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval released a duet of the ABBA song "Andante, Andante" as a single
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“They don't respect you. It's almost as they think they have the right to your life just because you're a celebrity. I don't accept that.”
Lyngstad, along with Dan Daniell, released the single "1865" about the Matterhorn in Switzerland
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the group's win at the Eurovision Song Contest
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“I've learned never to say never. You just don't know. But I've reached an age when you start taking it easier. But I enjoy singing. I still sing – at home.”
Was awarded with the Eskilstuna Music Prize for her "pioneering career" and significant contribution to popular music as an "icon" who had "left an indelible imprint in musical history"
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Helped organise the opening of ABBA The Museum in Stockholm stating she wanted to "let ABBA rest"
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And she represented the group in their acceptance speech, along with Benny Andersson
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Joined all three of her former ABBA colleagues at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia
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Lyngstad became one of the initial patrons of the Zermatt Unplugged Music Festival along with Jon Lord and Claude Nobs
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That she never intended to return to the music industry, although this was short-lived, and future studio albums were discussed in 2010
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Lyngstad appeared with former bandmates Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in London at the fifth-anniversary performance of Mamma Mia
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Lyngstad recorded her Swedish language album Djupa andetag ("Deep Breaths")
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On Queen Silvia's 50th birthday, Frida was asked to perform "Dancing Queen" on stage, as performed by ABBA when the king and queen married in 1976
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Lyngstad performed live at the Stockholm Water Festival at the Kings Castle and released the environmental charity single with her cover of Julian Lennon's song "Saltwater"
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Lyngstad founded her Children and Environment Foundation which runs summer camps for underprivileged children
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Became chairwoman for the organization Artister För Miljö ('Artists for the Environment')
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Lyngstad became a member of the committee of the Swedish environmental organization Det Naturliga Steget ('The Natural Step')
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Lyngstad became a grandmother when her daughter, Ann Lise-Lotte Fredriksson, had a son, Jonathan Casper
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Lyngstad was in the choir for the recording of her former husband Benny Andersson's song "Klinga Mina Klockor"
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Lyngstad recorded the single "Så länge vi har varann" ("As Long As We Have Each Other") with the Swedish pop group Ratata, one of Lyngstad's favourites
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Relocated to Switzerland, where she lived with her partner, Heinrich Ruzzo Prinz Reuss von Plauen (1950–1999), a landscape architect and member of the German House of Reuss
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Lyngstad assisted with Abbacadabra, and recorded one of the tracks with two different male vocalists in different languages, including the French star Daniel Balavoine on the track "Belle" and on the English version "Tim
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“I've always had a soft spot for our fans in Australia and their wonderful support … It obviously does not matter from where you are in the world, if people love your music, it travels borders and captures hearts. It has a life of its own. We are immensely grateful.”
After the end of ABBA, Lyngstad left Sweden in 1982 and moved to London.
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Although they each filmed their appearances separately
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During ABBA's last year as a working band, Frida recorded and released her first post-ABBA solo album
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Lyngstad won the Swedish music prize Rockbjörnen for "Best Female Artist"
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Which caused controversy and objections from the left, especially from Mikael Wiehe, who rejected her offer to record a cover version of his song "Flickan och kråkan", because of political differences, in the 1980s
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The German teen magazine Bravo published a poster and a complete biography with details of Anni-Frid's background, including the names of her mother and father
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“The international press are trying to create some sort of hysteria around ABBA that doesn't exist. They are trying to make a myth out of us.”
During the ABBA years, and produced by Andersson
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After five years with EMI Sweden, Lyngstad changed record companies and moved to the Polar Music label
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Lyngstad met Benny Andersson
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Participated in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Härlig Är Vår Jord" ("Our Earth Is Wonderful"), and finished in fourth place
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Lyngstad won a national singing contest Flugan (The Fly) and was awarded "Vocalist of the Year"
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Was the vocalist with the Gunnar Sandevarn Trio before forming her own band, the Anni-Frid Four
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With her mother Arntine and the infant Anni-Frid
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Born 1945-11-15.
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