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Stig Erik Leopold "Stikkan" Anderson was a Swedish music manager, lyricist and music publisher. He was the co-founder of Polar Music and is best known for managing the Swedish pop band ABBA.
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business · Swedish music manager (1931–1997) · entrepreneur · composer · music publisher · songwriter · record producer · lyricist · school teacher in the Swedish school system · manager · music executive · also Stig Anderson, Stig Erik Leopold Anderson, Anderson
Born 25 January 1931 · Died 12 September 1997 · Q449763
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PolyGram was in turn sold to Seagram and merged into what is now one of the Big Three record labels, the Universal Music Group, the company that holds the rights to the entire ABBA back catalogue
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Died 1997-09-12.
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Career landmark: funeral of Stikkan Anderson.
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Anderson made a substantial financial endowment to found the Polar Music Prize from money he made when he sold the multimillion-dollar record company Polar Records
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Anni-Frid Lyngstad had sold all the shares in the Polar Music company given to her by Anderson, as she moved abroad
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“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”
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Released album “Stig Stikkan Anderson”.
Began managing Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and finally in 1976 Agnetha Fältskog (until December 1975, Fältskog was still bound to Cupol/CBS Records under a contract)
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Gained his breakthrough with the song "Är du kär i mig ännu, Klas-Göran
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Wife of Swedish star and ABBA concert backing vocalist Tomas Ledin) was also involved in the music industry
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Born 1931-01-25.
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