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Frida Lyngstad
Birth name Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad
Also known as Frida Lyngstad, Princess Anni-Frid Reuss of Plauen.
Born November 15, 1945 (1945-11-15) (age 62)
Origin Bjørkåsen, Ballangen, Norway
Genre(s) Jazz, Easy Listening, Pop Music
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano
Years active 1967 - 1984; 1996 - 2004
Label(s) EMI
Polar Music
Andersson Records
Associated acts ABBA

HSH Princess Anni-Frid Reuss, Countess of Plauen (born Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad on November 15, 1945 in Bjørkåsen in Ballangen, Norway) is a Swedish singer, best known as Frida Lyngstad, one of the four members of Swedish pop group ABBA. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ballangen is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Easy listening music is a style of Popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century evolving out of swing and Big band music Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Polar Music is a Swedish Record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag Reuss (Reuß was the name of several historical states located in present-day Thuringia, Germany. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ballangen is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. [1]

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Early life

Lyngstad was born out of wedlock in Bjørkåsen, a suburb of Ballangen, near Narvik, Norway, as a result of a liaison between 19-year-old Synni Lyngstad (June 19, 1926 - September 28, 1947), and a married German sergeant, Alfred Haase (born 1919), at the very end of the Second World War and the German occupation of Norway. Ballangen is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway Narvik ( Northern Sami: Narviika) is a town and municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Belligerent military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army.

In the spring of 1947, Lyngstad, her mother Synni, and her grandmother Arntine left her birthplace because of fear of reprisals from people vengeful towards those who had dealings with the Germans during the occupation. This could entail not just insults, but also forced separation of infants from their parents and relatives (see War children). A war child refers to a child born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force (usually an occupying force but also soldiers stationed at military bases

Lyngstad was thus taken by her grandmother across the border to Sweden and eventually south to Torshälla, near Eskilstuna. Eskilstuna (ˈɛscɪlsˌtʰʉːna is a city in Södermanland, Sweden and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality. Her mother stayed behind in Norway and worked for a period in the south of the country, but then became ill and returned to Sweden, where she died from kidney disease soon afterwards, aged 21. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Although it is said that Lyngstad's father, Alfred, had promised to return to Norway after the war, he never did (claiming to be unaware of Synni's pregnancy), so Lyngstad was raised by her grandmother alone. However, a near contact with her family in Norway continued, and Lyngstad recalls with warmth summer holidays spent with them at her birthplace.

Lyngstad believed that her father had died when his ship to Germany was sunk during the war. However, after the German teen magazine Bravo published her biography and a background story in August 1977, she discovered that her father was alive, and they were reunited that year. Teen magazines are Magazines aimed at younger teenage readers and usually in the female gender

In his book, Bright Lights, Dark Shadows, Carl Magnus Palm explained the apprehension Lyngstad felt about meeting her father for the first time. For reasons unknown, Lyngstad and Haase no longer maintain contact. In 2005, however, Haase appeared in a German tabloid magazine, pleading with his daughter to resume contact.

Career

Swedish debut album Frida, 1971.
Swedish debut album Frida, 1971.

Lyngstad showed musical talent at an early age, and got her first job as a dance band and schlager singer in 1958, aged 13. Dansband ("Dance band" is a term in Swedish which describes bands playing a kind of Popular music, dansbandsmusik ("Dance Schlager ( German Schlager, literally "hitter" or more loosely translated "a hit" is a style of Popular music that is prevalent in Later, she teamed up with a 15-piece 'big band', who performed a jazz repertoire covering Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Count Basie; her vocal idols being Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Peggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and popular music singer and Songwriter In 1963, she formed her own band, the Anni-Frid Four, and married the bass player Ragnar Fredriksson, aged 17. The marriage produced two children, but the couple were divorced by 1970.

In the summer of 1967, Lyngstad won a national talent competition with the song "En Ledig Dag" ("A Free Day" or "A Day Off"). Unbeknownst to Lyngstad, the winner of the contest was also expected to appear the same evening in one of the country's most popular TV shows at that time, Hylands Hörna (Hyland's Corner; Lennart Hyland being the host of the show). This programme was broadcast for two hours, on the very same day that Sweden changed from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. For this occasion the show was re-named Hylands Högerhörna (Hyland's Right Corner). This first and unique performance can be seen on "Frida the DVD". Lyngstad went on to release a series of singles on the EMI label. All of these recordings can be heard on the EMI compilation CD, Frida 1967-1972. Frida 1967-1972 is a 2 CD compilation of recordings by Swedish singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad released by EMI Sweden in 1997

In 1969, she participated in Melodifestivalen - the Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest - with the song "Härlig är vår jord" ("Our Earth is Wonderful"), and finished fourth. Melodifestivalen (mɛlʊˈdiːfɛstɪˌvɑːlɛn English "The Melody Festival" is an annual Music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Backstage she met her future spouse Benny Andersson, whom also participated in the contest as composer. Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish Musician, Composer They soon met again at another venue and then became a couple.

Her first album, Frida, produced by her then fiancé Andersson, was released in 1971. Frida is the 1971 debut album by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, consisting of Frida's very personal and "jazzy" cover versions of English or American songs The album received unanimously generous praise from the critics, who especially noted the precision and versatility of Lyngstad as a vocalist (and scoring her first Swedish No. 1 hit with "Min Egen Stad" ("My Own Town")). Anni-Frid continued to play in cabarets, and tour and regularly perform on TV and radio. Subsequently, her relationship with Andersson, and friendship with Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog eventually led into the formation of ABBA. Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, bjœɳ ɵlˈveɵs (born April 25 1945 is a Swedish Musician, Composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group Agnetha Åse Fältskog (aŋneta osɛ fɛltskug (born Agneta Åse Fältskog) is a Swedish pop Singer-songwriter and Record In 1972, Lyngstad changed record companies and moved to the Polar Music label. Polar Music is a Swedish Record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag She recorded the single "Man Vill Ju Leva Lite Dess Emellan", which became her second No. 1 hit in the Swedish charts.

Her next solo album in Swedish, Frida ensam (Frida Alone), that included the original Swedish version of the future ABBA mega-hit "Fernando", was released in 1975 when she was already involved in ABBA. Frida ensam ( Frida Alone) was a solo album released in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in 1975 her " Fernando " is Swedish pop group ABBA 's first non-album single released in the spring of 1976 Due to the rising popularity of the group, the album took 18 months to record. It became an enormous commercial and critical success in Scandinavia, topping the Swedish album charts for six weeks and remaining in the charts for 40. The album was mostly a collection of covers of songs by artists like the Beach Boys, 10cc and David Bowie, receiving positive reviews from Melody Maker: "The album portrays Frida as a very strong and emotive singer and shows the true value of the music, that if sung properly and with enough feeling it transcends all language barriers". The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper

After ABBA

International debut album Something's Going On, 1982.
International debut album Something's Going On, 1982.

In 1982, during ABBA's last year as a working band, Lyngstad released her first solo album in English, the Phil Collins-produced Something's Going On, that topped the charts in Sweden and reached the Top 20 in the UK and Germany, and Top 50 in the U.S. Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer Something's Going On was the first solo-album in English for ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It sold around 1. 5 million copies worldwide and spawned a hugely successful single, "I Know There's Something Going On", which topped the charts in Belgium, Costa Rica and France (spending five weeks at the top). "I Know There's Something Going On" was a song recorded in 1982 by ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida and was the lead single from her solo-album The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The song also reached the Top 5 in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway and Australia amongst others. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. In the United States, the single reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 9 on Radio & Records airplay chart, with the music video for the song being heavily promoted on MTV. Radio & Records ( R&R) was a weekly trade magazine that tracked radio airplay from the various genres including pop country R&B and many others A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. In all, "I Know There's Something Going On" sold 3. 5 million copies worldwide, making this the best-selling solo project of any of the former ABBA members to date. The album itself was also well received by the critics, with Billboard writing: "ABBA's auburn-haired songstress makes a bold solo project a stunning success", while Mark Coleman described Something's Going On in the third edition of Rolling Stone Album Guide as a "sharp, rock-oriented, delightfully eclectic album". See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that along with its sister publication Rolling William Cooper had a similar opinion in All Music Guide: "Frida escapes the creative limitations of being a member of one of the world's most popular groups on this solid and often riveting album. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. "

In 1982, Lyngstad was voted Best Female Artist Of The Year by the readers of Aftonbladet, and received the Swedish Music Award Prize Rockbjörnen. Aftonbladet ( Swedish for The Evening Sheet) is a Swedish Tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the Rockbjörnen ( The rock bear in English is a Swedish Popular music award established by the Stockholm evening newspaper Aftonbladet

In 1983, Lyngstad assisted with 'ABBAcadabra - the Musical', and recorded one of the tracks with several different male vocalists in different versions, including Frenchman Daniel Balavoine on the track 'Belle, Belle' and on the English version 'Time' with B. A. Robertson. Daniel Balavoine ( Alençon, February 5, 1952 &ndash January 14, 1986) was a French Singer and Songwriter B A Robertson (born Brian Alexander Robertson 12 September 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish Musician, Actor, Composer This track was a cover of "Arrival", an instrumental track from the ABBA album of the same name. " Arrival " which had working titles of "Fiol" "Ode To Dalecarlia" & "Arrival In Dalecarlia " was the instrumental title track from

Lyngstad's next album, Shine (1984), enjoyed moderate success. Shine is the name of Frida 's second post- ABBA solo album Strengthened by the commercial success of 1982's Something's Going On, she was It reached the Top 20 in several European countries, No. 6 in Sweden being its highest position. One of the songwriters and backing vocalist for this album was Kirsty MacColl, who was killed in a boating accident in Mexico in December 2000. Kirsty Anna MacColl ( 10 October, 1959 &ndash 18 December, 2000) was an English Singer-songwriter. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Lyngstad recently commemorated a song on her most recent compilation album to MacColl, "Chemistry Tonight", which MacColl had co-written.

In the years that followed, Lyngstad was seriously engaged in environmental work but also found time to make a couple of guest appearances on recordings by other artists, amongst others, her former colleague and husband Benny Andersson's 1987 album in particular.

1984's Shine, Lyngstad's last international album to date.
1984's Shine, Lyngstad's last international album to date.

Also in 1987, Lyngstad recorded the hit single "Så Länge Vi Har Varann" ("As Long As We Have Each Other") with the Swedish pop group "Ratata", the group being one of Lyngstad's favourites. One day, singer Mauro Scocco called and said that he had a song suitable for a duet. Mauro Scocco (born September 11 1962 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish Pop artist. After hearing it, Lyngstad accepted immediately. The song was a huge success in Sweden.

In 1990, Lyngstad became a member in the committee of the Swedish environmental organisation "Det Naturliga Steget" ("The Natural Step"). The organisation wanted a "famous face" to help them reach the public, and in 1991 she became chairwoman for the organisation "Artister För Miljön" ("Artists For The Environment").

In 1992, Lyngstad performed live at the Stockholm Water Festival and released an environmental charity single with her cover of Julian Lennon's song "Saltwater". ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) known universally as Julian Lennon, or by many fans Jude, is an English

In 1993, she performed an á capella version of "Dancing Queen" together with The Real Group, at Swedish Queen Silvia's 50th birthday. The Real Group is a professional A cappella group from Sweden, consisting of five members Soprano Emma Nilsdotter, Alto Childhood Born Silvia Renate Sommerlath the Queen is the only daughter of the late part-German part-Swede Walther Sommerlath, who as a businessman became the president The event was held at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm. This performance was filmed by Swedish TV. It was Queen Silvia's wish to hear "Dancing Queen" again, as ABBA had performed it on the same stage the day prior to her wedding to King XVI Gustaf in June 1976. The Swedish prime minister at that time, Ingvar Carlsson, said it was a genius step to do "Dancing Queen" á capella.

In 1996, Lyngstad recorded her Swedish language album Djupa Andetag (Deep Breaths). Djupa andetag is an album by Frida (formerly of ABBA) released in 1996 Twenty-one years after her latest Swedish album Frida Ensam , her comeback was much anticipated and the album managed to enter the Swedish charts as number one and attracted overall positive reviews. Frida ensam ( Frida Alone) was a solo album released in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia by Anni-Frid Lyngstad in 1975 her Djupa Andetag was one of the very first Swedish albums to be released as a combined audio/video CD-ROM, including interviews with Lyngstad, footage from the making of the album as well as promotional videos. CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable Despite the fact that Djupa Andetag was officially only released in Scandinavia and the songs were entirely sung in Swedish, a remix album of the single tracks "Även En Blomma", "Alla Mina Bästa År" (a duet with Roxette's Marie Fredriksson) and "Ögonen" was released in Germany in 1998, entitled Frida - The Mixes, an evidence of Lyngstad's continuing popularity in Continental Europe. Roxette is a Swedish pop duo consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. Marie Fredriksson ( May 30, 1958) is a Swedish pop Singer-songwriter and Pianist, best known as one half of the pop A follow-up album with producer Anders Glenmark was reportedly in works, but eventually shelved due to personal reasons. Anders Glenmark (b November 20, 1953 in Tomelilla, Sweden) is a Swedish pop and rock singer as well as one of Sweden's

German remix album, Frida - The Mixes, 1998.
German remix album, Frida - The Mixes, 1998.

Several one-off recordings followed, including a 2002 duet with opera singer Filippa Giordano of the Barcarolle from Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffman as well as the song "The Sun Will Shine Again", written especially for Lyngstad by former Deep Purple member Jon Lord, and recorded in 2004. Filippa Giordano (born February 14, 1974 in Palermo, Italy) is an italian crossover singer A barcarolle (from French; also Italian barcarola, barcarole) is a folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers, or a piece of Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach 20 June 1819 in Cologne &ndash 5 October 1880 in Paris) was a German Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 Jon Douglas Lord (born in Leicester on June 9, 1941) is an English composer Hammond organ and Piano player Neither of these were however released as singles: "Barcarolle" is only available on the Japanese edition of Giordano's album Rosso Amore, and "The Sun Will Shine Again" can be found on Jon Lord's album "Beyond The Notes". Lord and Lyngstad made several TV appearances in Germany performing the song, on shows like "The Sunday Night Classics" and "The Golden Henne Gala". Lyngstad also joined Lord on stage singing the song during his European autumn tour in 2004.

For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Istanbul thirty years after ABBA had won the contest in Brighton, Lyngstad appeared briefly in a special comedy video made for the interval act, entitled "Our Last Video". Each of the four members of the group appeared briefly in cameo roles, as did among others Cher and British comedian Rik Mayall. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (born 7 March, 1958) is an English Actor, Writer and Comedian. The video was not included in the official DVD release of the Eurovision Contest, but was issued as a separate DVD release on the Universal Music label. It was billed as the first time the four had worked together since the group split in 1982 - a truth with modification. In fact, they each filmed their appearances separately.

Also in 2004, Lyngstad appeared with former bandmates Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus at London's fifth anniversary performance of Mamma Mia!, the musical based on ABBA songs. This article is about the stage musical For the film see Mamma Mia! The Movie. In 2005, she joined all three of her former ABBA colleagues at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia! at the arena Cirkus in Stockholm.

On November 15, 2005, to celebrate Lyngstad's 60th birthday, Universal Records released the "Frida Box Set" consisting of the solo albums she recorded for Polar Music, all digitally remastered and including a set of bonus tracks. Polar Music is a Swedish Record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag Also included was "Frida The DVD" where she openly - for more than three hours - talks about her life and her career in music. The DVD includes many rare clips, such as early Swedish TV performances and promo videos made for her international solo projects.

In November 2007, it was reported that Lyngstad and Jon Lord are planning to do further demo recordings together. Provided that the results of these recordings turn out well, Lyngstad may release a new album with Jon Lord as a producer some time in the near future.

Personal life

On April 3, 1963, aged 17, Lyngstad married salesman and fellow musician Ragnar Fredriksson. They had two children: Hans Ragnar (born January 26, 1963) and Ann Lise-Lotte (February 25, 1967 - January 13, 1998). They separated shortly after their daughter's birth and were officially divorced on May 19, 1970. On the very same day, Lyngstad's grandmother, Arntine, died, aged 71.

In May 1969, Lyngstad met Benny Andersson, and the couple were quickly engaged. Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish Musician, Composer By 1971 they were living together, but did not marry until October 6, 1978, during the height of ABBA's success. However, after only three years of marriage, they separated in February 1981 and were divorced in November of the same year.

In 1982, Lyngstad left Sweden and moved to London. During 1984 while recording her Shine album in Paris, it was widely believed that Lyngstad had many boyfriends, probably on the rebound of the failed relationship with Andersson. This was an unsettled period for the star. She then relocated to Switzerland in 1986 where she has been living ever since.

On August 26, 1992, Lyngstad married Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss, Count of Plauen (May 24, 1950 – October 29, 1999). Reuss (Reuß was the name of several historical states located in present-day Thuringia, Germany. Plauen is a City in the Free State of Saxony, east-central Germany. [1] By this marriage, she has two stepdaughters, Princess Henriette and Princess Pauline. The prince died of lymphoma in 1999; a year earlier, on January 13, 1998, Lyngstad's daughter, Lise-Lotte Casper (born Fredriksson), died of injuries sustained in a car accident in Livonia, New York in the United States. Lymphoma a type of Neoplasm that originates in Lymphocytes (a type of White blood cell in the vertebrate Immune system) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Through Lyngstad's marriage to Prince Heinrich Ruzzo, who was a student at the same boarding school as the reigning King of Sweden, she became acquainted with the Swedish royal family and eventually became close friends with Sweden's Queen Silvia. A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers The monarch is the Head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. Sweden being a Constitutional monarchy with a Representative democracy based on a The Swedish Royal Family consists of a number of persons in the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, immediately related to the King of Sweden,

Today, Lyngstad still engages in charity work - environmental issues in particular. In 2005, she stated in an interview that she had no interest in a music career, though eighteen months later she returned to the recording studio.

Awards and recognition

In 1982, Lyngstad won the Swedish music prize Rockbjörnen for the Best Female Artist. Rockbjörnen ( The rock bear in English is a Swedish Popular music award established by the Stockholm evening newspaper Aftonbladet

Discography

Swedish albums

English Albums

Compilations

Singles

Limited singles

References

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