Bust of Stikkan Anderson in his native Hova.

Stig 'Stikkan' Erik Leopold Anderson (né Andersson) (January 25, 1931 – September 12, 1997) was born in Hova, Sweden, and is best known as the manager of the pop group ABBA. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.

As well as being the manager of the Swedish supergroup, Anderson was also the founder of the Polar Music record label. Polar Music is a Swedish Record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag Initially beginning his career as a chemistry and mathematics teacher after leaving school at the age of 15 ^[1], Anderson soon migrated to the Swedish music scene, becoming a music producer, manager and also occasional performer. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing He had begun writing songs as early as 1951, and in 1959 he got his breakthrough with the song "Är du kär i mig ännu, Klas-Göran?" ("Are You Still In Love With Me, Klas-Göran?"), written for Swedish singer Lill-Babs. Lill-Babs (born Barbro Margareta Svensson on 9 March 1938) is a Swedish Singer and actress During the 1960s he was one of Sweden's most prolific songwriters, producing more than 3,000 published titles. Anderson also founded Sweden Music in 1960, as well as several other companies. By the late 1960s, he was the manager and producer of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (the two main song writers of ABBA), joining the careers of these two after Anderson managed the Hootenanny Singers. Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, bjœɳ ɵlˈveɵs (born April 25 1945 is a Swedish Musician, Composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish Musician, Composer The Hootenanny Singers (for a couple of weeks originally called the Westbay Singers, Westbay English for Västervik) were a popular Folk group Later in 1972 he began managing Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and finally in 1980 Agnetha Fältskog (until December 1979, Fältskog was still bound to Cupol/CBS Records under a contract). Anni-Frid Princess Reuss von Plauen (born Anni-Frid Lyngstad 15 November 1945 in Bjørkåsen Ballangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Agnetha Åse Fältskog (aŋneta osɛ fɛltskug (born Agneta Åse Fältskog) is a Swedish pop Singer-songwriter and Record CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. In the early stages of ABBA, Anderson co-wrote a large part of the songs' lyrics, among them some of the band's biggest hits, such as "Ring Ring" (1973), "Waterloo" (1974), "Honey, Honey" (1974) , "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (1975), "Mamma Mia" (1975), "S.O.S" (1975), "Fernando" (1976), "Dancing Queen" (1976), "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1977) and "The Name of the Game" (1977). " Ring Ring " is a 1973 single by ABBA, which gave the group their big break in several European countries (although the rest of Europe, North " Waterloo " first called "Honey Pie" was the first single from Swedish pop group ABBA 's second album Waterloo, their first for " Honey Honey " is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA and included on their Waterloo album " I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do " was a hit single for Swedish pop group ABBA, and was their next major worldwide hit after Waterloo " Mamma Mia " is a song from ABBA 's third album ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson " SOS " first called "Turn Me On" was the third single from Swedish pop group ABBA 's self-titled 1975 album their third for Polar Music " Fernando " is Swedish pop group ABBA 's first non-album single released in the spring of 1976 " Dancing Queen " is the biggest hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, and as such is considered by many to be their Signature song " Knowing Me Knowing You " is a hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. " The Name of the Game " is the title of a 1977 song by Swedish pop group ABBA, and was released as the first single from the group's album The

Anderson was one of the dominant figures behind ABBA, representing their commercial interests and global success through successful record deals. At the same time, he also managed the investment of funds and the enormous financial incomes of Polar Music. In the mid 1980s a considerable part of ABBA's fortune was however lost by mismanagement, bad investments, high demands for tax and the rise of credit rates. Three of the four ABBA members terminated their relationship with Anderson when it was revealed that Anderson had taken a percentage of profits at a value of 4. 5 million euros over the course of many years. A complaint against Anderson was submitted to the Stockholm District Court in June 1990 by Agnetha Fältskog's company Agnetha Fältskog Produktion AB, Benny Andersson's company Mono Music AB, as well as a Dutch company holding Björn Ulvaeus' rights. Anni-Frid Lyngstad sold all her shares in the Polar Music company in 1982 as she moved abroad. The dispute was settled out of court in July 1991; the terms of the settlement remain undisclosed.

In 1989, Anderson made a substantial financial donation and founded the Polar Music Prize. The Polar Music Prize is an international music prize and awarded to individuals groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music The following year, shortly before the ABBA members took him to court over royalty back payments, he sold the Polar Music company with nearly all utilisation and license rights and the registered ABBA trademark for an unknown sum of money to PolyGram. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the Major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945 Previously, Anderson licenced ABBA and the members' solo releases to various labels worldwide as a way to earn more royalties. In 1998, PolyGram was in turn sold to Seagram and merged into what is now one of the Big Four record labels, the Universal Music Group, the company that today holds the rights to the entire ABBA back catalogue. For the rapper Seagram, see Seagram Miller The Seagram Company Ltd The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry.

Anderson's daughter, Marie Ledin (wife of Swedish star and ABBA concert backing vocalist Tomas Ledin) started a new, highly successful record label in the mid 1980s, Record Station (sold to German BMG in the early 90s), followed by Anderson Records, which released Anni-Frid Lyngstad's Swedish comeback album Djupa andetag in 1996 as well as Michael B. Tretow's Greatest Hits in 1999. Tomas Ledin (born February 25, 1952 in Rätan, Sweden) is a Swedish singer songwriter guitarist and producer Djupa andetag is an album by Frida (formerly of ABBA) released in 1996 Bo Michael Tretow, born August 20 1944 in Norrköping, Sweden, Audio engineer most notably for Swedish pop group

Stig Anderson was married to Gudrun Anderson, and also had two sons, Anders and Lasse. Anderson died on September 12, 1997 (aged 66) of natural causes. His funeral was broadcast live by Sveriges Television, an honour otherwise only reserved for distinguished statesmen or royalty. Sveriges Television AB ( SVT,) is a national Television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by an obligatory fee payable by all Television -owners

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• Carl Magnus Palm: Bright Lights - Dark Shadows, Omnibus Press UK 2001, ISBN 0. 7119. 8389. 5