Agnetha Faltskog

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Agnetha Fältskog is a famous Swedish pop star

Apr 5, 1950

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 5, 1950
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Famous: Swedish Musician, Singers, Pop Singers, Rock Singers, Folk Singers
  • Spouses: Björn Ulvaeus (m.1971-1973), Tomas Sonnenfeld (m.1990-1993)
  • Known as: Agnetha Åse Fältskog
  • Childrens: Linda Ulvaeus, Peter Christian Ulvaeus
  • Birth Place: Jönköping, Sweden

Agnetha Faltskog born at

Jönköping, Sweden

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Birth Place

Agnetha F�ltskog was married to Bj�rn Ulvaeus from 1971 to 1980. They had two children - Linda Elin Ulvaeus, Peter Christian Ulvaeus. She later married Swedish surgeon Tomas Sonnenfeld, but the couple got divorced a few years later.

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Personal Life

Born in J�nk�ping, Sm�land, Sweden, Agnetha F�ltskog was the daughter of Knut Ingvar, a department store manager and Birgit Margareta Johansson.

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Childhood & Early Life

Her first song ‘Tv� sm� troll’ (‘Two Little Trolls’), she composed when she was just six. In 1958, she started learning piano and also joined a local church choir.

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Childhood & Early Life

In 1960, Agnetha with her friends made a band ‘The Cambers’, which started performing at community events. However, the band didn’t survive long and she left school to devote herself completely to music.

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Childhood & Early Life

Starting her musical career, Agnetha F�ltskog performed with a dance band, headed by Bernt Enghardt. Her breakup with her boyfriend inspired her to write a song, ‘Jag var s� k�r’, which catapulted her to fame.

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Career

Enghardt approached Karl Gerhard Lundkvist, a record producer at ‘Cupol Records’, and sent him a demo recording of the band, but Lundkvist was impressed by only F�ltskog’s performance. Eventually, she signed a recording contract with CBS Records.

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Career

Between 1967 and 1968, she came out with three singles— her debut single, ‘Jag var s� k�r’, topped the Swedish Chart. Of other two singles, ‘F�rsonade’ did not make to the Eurovision final and ‘Zigenarv�n’ became entangled in a controversy.

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In 1970, she came out with, ‘Om t�rar vore guld’, her most successful song pre-ABBA. A Danish composer alleged her of copying certain sections from his composition and a court settlement was reached seven years later.

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Between 1968 and 1980, 18 of her songs featured on the ‘Svensktopp’, a radio chart including singles like, ‘Jag Var S� K�r’ and ‘N�r Du Tar Mig I Din Famn’.

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In 1975, Faltskog recorded and produced her solo album ‘Elva kvinnor i ett hus’ which became an unprecedented success and occupied the Swedish music charts for 53 weeks. The album also featured her Swedish language version of ABBA's, ‘SOS’.

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Major Works

Her 2013 album 'A' became immensely popular throughout Europe. The BBC called ‘A’ "tasteful and sumptuous" mid-tempo album. It also received Gold certification in Australia, Britain, Germany and Sweden.

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Major Works