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Marie Fredriksson
Gun-Marie Fredriksson was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and had multiple hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number ones.
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entertainment · Swedish singer (1958–2019) · singer · songwriter · pianist · recording artist · composer · musician · also Marie Fredriksson, Gun-Marie Fredriksson, Gun-Marie Bolyos, Fredriksson
Born 30 May 1958 · Died 9 December 2019 · Q184841
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2026· 2 entries
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “Live från Cirkus”.
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2019· 6 entries
Monsters and Critics: Roxette star Marie Fredriksson dead at 61 after prolonged battle with brain cancer
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NBC Montana: Marie Fredriksson of Swedish pop duo Roxette dies at 61
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Yahoo: Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Has Died At 61
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Newsweek: Roxette’s Marie Fredriksson Dies at 61 After ’17-Year-Long Battle With Cancer’
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bleedingcool: Remembering Roxette's Marie Fredriksson
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Died 2019-12-09.
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2017· 1 entry
It was the final track she recorded in her lifetime, and was inspired by the peaceful demonstrations that followed the 2017 Stockholm truck attack
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Nu!”.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Original Album Serien”.
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Tid For Tystnad: Marie Fredrikssons Ballader”.
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Released album “A Family Affair”.
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “Min bäste vän”.
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “The Change”.
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And Min bäste vän in 2006, as well as the non-album single "Där du andas" in 2008—her first and only solo number one single in Sweden
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Litteris et Artibus (2003).
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2002· 3 entries
Released album “Duets, Demos and Odd Live Tracks”.
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Released album “Kärlekens Guld”.
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After fainting at home, Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour
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2001· 1 entry
Roxette released their seventh album, Room Service
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “Äntligen: Marie Fredriksson Live!”.
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Released album “Äntligen: Marie Fredrikssons Bästa (1984-2000)”.
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And was the second best-selling album of the year in Sweden, behind the Beatles compilation 1
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “I en tid som vår”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Den ständiga resan”.
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1991· 1 entry
Fredriksson met her husband, keyboardist Mikael "Micke" Bolyos, during the Australian leg of "Join the Joyride!" in December 1991.
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1990· 1 entry
Fredriksson contributed a cover of the Evert Taube composition "Så skimrande var aldrig havet" ("The Sea Was Never So Sparkling") to the tribute album Taube
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Rockbjörnen (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “... Efter stormen”.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Den sjunde vågen”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Het vind”.
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Followed by Den sjunde vågen in 1986 and
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1981· 1 entry
Culminating in several performances on Swedish music television programmes
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1979· 1 entry
Strulfestivalen, which was financially lucrative for the band
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1978· 1 entry
With then-boyfriend Stefan Dernbrant—the band consisted of an extensive and fractious lineup of musicians, the majority of whom would leave after a single performance
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1977· 1 entry
Fredriksson moved to Halmstad, where she worked in theatre before becoming involved in the local indie music scene
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1958· 1 entry
Born 1958-05-30.
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