Blue since the day we parted

All serious ABBA fans are waiting for the Mamma Mia premiere in Stockholm tomorrow.

Not because of the movie but because ALL 4 will be there. Unless Benny breaks his leg or Agnetha gets stuck in a traffic jam between Ekerö and Stockholm City. Perhaps Frida suddenly gets these terrible allergic reactions whenever she hears the words Mamma Mia and Björn oversleeps! Horror!

The four people that once where ABBA:

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no traffic jams when you go by helicopter(!)

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set 2 alarm clocks, no, make it three

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no horseriding in the snow for you mister

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just imagen you are on Bali, oh they have Mamma Mia there, in Timbuctu, no, on Mars. Imagine you're on Mars and there is total silence and then watch a Rammstein in concert DVD.

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Sure, they will never ever pose like this again. How do they manage to keep away from each other on a premiere night? They're like four different people who have nothing to do with each other...

Can I ask for an Agnetha and Frida picture?

I know what you think

You know, stuff.

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- I told you so

- I told you so

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-What's this for? (Agnetha sometimes had her blonde moments)

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...but what is Benny up to?

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While Björn was having a good time with his script, Agnetha had all the time in the world to be annoyed and look how Frida and Benny were in one of those moods again.

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Incidently, Benny's clothes matched the sculpture he was standing in front of.

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Cause everything is new

4 Pictures in 1

that's even bettter than two for the price of one!

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very much after ABBA these pictures. Of course the original ABBA were two couples in love = 4 people. So what have Mona, Ruzzo (RIP), Tomas and Lena got to do with it? With ABBA, nothing!

But rumour has it that ABBA were 4 real people of flesh and blood and a LIFE.... Yeah, you learn something new every day.

Won’t you have a drink with me

So how about Benny?

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Benny: Why he laughs at the Russians.

Benny is a master in the art of living, a baroque bon-vivant, sympathetic lazybones. The man at the piano was born as Benny Andersson the 16th of December 1946 in Stockholm, he is a Saggitarius. Jovial, reasonable and balanced, always friendly and jolly. He shows his inner self in ABBA very often. When one would see him grinning at the piano, it’s clear: he is a guy like you and me. Before he had his authentic beer belly he played in the most popular rock and roll band of the 60s in Sweden, The Hep Stars. The group let themselves in with a dubious manager and some company and went bankrupt. This would never have happened to Björn, who met Benny about that time. Benny takes everything lightly, he would never rack his brain over problems. He could even make you believe he would be just as happy as a bar pianist.

That he left Frida is something even his closest friends can’t understand. The two were known as a model couple, they made love and held hands wherever they were. Anyhow there won’t be any cold fronts as between Björn and Agnetha. Benny’s honesty- and humour- will take care of that.
His favourite joke, which is in fact true: which one of their hits sold best in the Soviet Union?
Answer: “Money, Money, Money”.

his friends know Benny has an incredible backhand (when he plays the piano)

He wears a disguise

More ABBA'ngels!

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...or is he the elf king?

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Oh Benny...he is sooooo...adorable with his wings

We all need words of comfort and compassion

The many faces of ABBA

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as real performing artists which is of course the reason we love them in the first place!

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as 4 typical 70s boys and girls

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as parents: look what Benny just bought

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but does it fit in the trunk of his car?

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as professional models

Maybe you can do something I can’t

So talented!

no doubt about it

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doubted

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old (?) and wise (??)

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In her spare time Frida likes to read female writers. But at the moment she studies radio telegraphy. She is thinking of getting her navigation licence this spring. Might come in handy when ABBA wrecks one day.

talented and calculating

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talented, yes. And pregnant.

Holy Christ what a lousy deal

Scrap.

Yeah, what a load of scrap!

scrapbook I mean

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yes, you too ladies

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Hahahahaaaaa! That part with Björn wearing a dress is priceless!!! Hahahahaaa

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Malin sits on her mother's lap and listens to her daddy Lasse. Annifrid Lyngstad left her family at home and Malin's little sister Kristin sits with her.

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note Frida's and Agnetha's hands: sweet

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she will do ANYTHING to avoid skiing

Lord give my restless soul a little patience

at random

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note Benny's tight fit suit!

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by Bonnie, 1980

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Benny Andersson had just cut his hair. To his right Lasse Samuelsson leader of the Orks (exccuse me: the conductor)

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ABBA - the pop group

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ooooh-waaa! ABBA's back up singers in 1977: Lena Andersson, Lena-Maria Gårdenäs and Maritza Horn

Gonna make you feel happy

Yeah!

I feel Good!

(happy ABBA)

He's so sweet!

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A great passion for music brings them together

but how about that passion for stylish clothes?

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She's not as daft as you think.

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Aaah! Fresh alpine air! I've got to tell Frida about it.

They struggled in the cold

This is/was ABBA!

(an other meaningless biography)

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swimming

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guitar

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green, white

It’s only natural

No glamour

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no glitter, no glamour, no make up, no songs, no stage.

(only a private jet)

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newborn babies don't need glitter and glamour

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no glitter and glamour at home either

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Benny most common in Sweden.

Does your name end with son? Then you are very ordinairy in Sweden. According to hitta.se nobody without a son name can make it into the top 10 of most common names. Andersson rules, followed by Johansson, Nilsson, Karlsson, Eriksson and Larsson. At number 7 it's Svensson, followed by Olsson, Persson and Petterson.

absolutely no glamour at all!

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apart from the Rolex: no glamour

Life is motion

The show must go on!

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Ag: Stop the show! I've lost it!

Fr: Your lines? Your voice?

Ag: No my make up!

man: What an ass!

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Come on Linda it's fun to go out with daddy and daddy's new girlfriend!

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Frida shows she can put the microphone in her mouth.

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the show must go on?

And you must pay the price!

miscellaneous

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such a cute smile... although it doesn't do it for

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Benny: "what a load of crap!"

who is só over this popstar thing

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while the others sing their hearts out

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he wants to shout it from the roof tops:

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dont look too deep in to those angeleyes!

Such a lousy, rotten show

I can't believe this...

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This just can't be Benny, they have photo shopped a Björn Borg picture!

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Did she really push the rest of the band behind the curtains?

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what's so funny about the whole situation?

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(tour 1975)

ABBA's premiere old leftovers "new clothes - but no new songs"

I mean, so what?!

And I close my eyes

In spite of all the nice photo shoots they have done, ABBA were of course musicians. The best musicians. ( I'm biaised )

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ABBA's nr.1 musician Benny

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It's women's rights day.

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Looking good and being a fantastic singer....

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... no problemo for Agnetha and Anni-Frid!

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Don't let these hotpants fool you, she can really sing.

How I hate to see you like this

The Blur part 1.

Bad quality pictures, but hey, it's ABBA so let's use them anyway.

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who's that in the mist? Could it be... yes it's Agnetha!

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Grainy Benny in Paris.

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Pail and sad looking Björn.

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It's Frida alright but who is she with?

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In those years everything in Poland was low-defenition and black and white.

Does it make you sad when you think about the life you had

In private?

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Frida! Over there! Smile! You're on candid camera!!

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Yeah sure...

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In front of Benny & Frida's fotogenic house our four fotogenic stars look as casual as possible.

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God! Benny is só sporty. (watching a soccer match with Bosse Norling)

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A camera! She never would have guessed....

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A little small talk

One word.(1)

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Djupt

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Flowers.

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Money.

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Furry.

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Classic.

None of my friends would be so stupidly impatient

Fascinating....

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...to see Benny in swimming trunks

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... to watch Tomas trying to remove a splinter from Agnetha's foot

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"1 milk - bread - tomatoes - washing-up liquid - henna - locksmith to chge l. so Benny can't come in again"

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... to see how Lasse Wellander is cornered by ABBA

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...to see how close these four people were!