Agnetha Fältskog | ABBA | Transformation From 1 To 68 Years Old

Birthday: April 5, 1950
Nationality: Swedish
Famous: Pop Singers Rock Singers
Also Known As: Agnetha Åse Fältskog
Sun Sign: Aries
Age: 68 Years, 68 Year Old Females
Born In: Jönköping, Sweden
Famous As: Swedish Musician
Height: 1.72 M
Spouse/Ex-: Björn Ulvaeus (M.1971-1973), Tomas Sonnenfeld (M.1990-1993)
Father: Knut Ingvar Fältskog (1922—1995)
Mother: Birgit Margareta Johansson (1923—1994)
Children: Linda Ulvaeus, Peter Christian Ulvaeus
Net Worth: $80 Million As Of Feb 9, 2017
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Although she has made a name for herself as a solo artist in Sweden, Agnetha Fältskog will always be best known as a member of ‘ABBA’, one of the most commercially successful and internationally adored pop bands of all time. Leaving school at 15 to pursue a career in music, she soon found herself singing with Bernt Enghardt's band and attracted a fan following. Through Enghardt, she secured a record deal and soon topped the charts in Sweden with her first release. She became engaged and later got married to Björn Ulvaeus and became a member of ‘ABBA’. For the next eight years, ‘ABBA’ would be one of the most successful pop acts in the world, earning numerous gold and platinum awards all across the globe. Post-ABBA, she released three albums –‘Wrap Your Arms Around Me’, ‘Eyes of a Woman’ and ‘I Stand Alone’, all of which garnered great success in Sweden and gained popularity throughout Europe as well but never quite made a mark in the U.S. As the '80s wound to a close, she went into an unofficial retirement. ABBA's music was the subject of a jukebox musical called ‘Mamma Mia!’. She came out of retirement to record ‘My Coloring Book’ that peaked at 11 on the U.K. charts. Her latest Album, ‘A’, has also been well-received.
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Childhood & Early 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.
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.
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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Career
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
F�ltskog met Bj�rn Ulvaeus, who had written songs with Benny Andersson whose girlfriend Anni-Frid Lyngstad was a good friend of Faltskog. These links eventually led to the formation of ‘ABBA’.
Some of her popular songs in association with ‘ABBA’ are ‘Hasta Ma�ana’, ‘SOS’, ‘You for the Music’, ‘Chiquitita’, ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’, ‘The Winner Takes It All’ and ‘Lay All Your Love on Me’.
In 1982, she recorded a duet, ‘Never Again’ with Swedish singer Tomas Ledin which peaked at the pop charts across several countries.
In 1983, after her association with ABBA ended she released a solo album, ‘Wrap Your Arms Around Me’, featuring singles such as, ‘The Heat Is On’ and ‘Can’t Shake Loose’. Though the album failed gain recognition in America and Australia, it reached no.1 position on pop charts in Europe.
Between 1985 and 1987, her album, ‘Eyes of a Woman’, her duet, ‘The Way You Are’, with Ola H�kansson, and ‘Come Ride with Me on My Carousel’ with her son Christian tasted great success in Sweden.She released her album, ‘I Stand Alone’, in 1988 occupied the no. 1 spot in Sweden for eight weeks. The duet with Peter Cetera, ‘I Wasn't the One’, peaked at No. 93 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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