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First Name

Bjorn

Last Name

Ulvaeus

Date of Birth

25 April 1945

Height

69.5

Build

Average

Eye Color

Blue

Hair Color

Brown - Light

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Sweden

Star Sign

Taurus

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

ABBA

Gender

Male

Religion

Secular Humanist

Nationality

Swedish

Music Genre

Pop/Rock

Music Style

Euro-Pop, Classical

Instrument

Guitar, Vocals

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Wikipedia Text

Bj�rn Kristian Ulvaeus (Swedish pronunciation: born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972�82), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina fr�n Duvem�la, and Mamma Mia!. He has recently coproduced the film Mamma Mia! with ex-ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson.

Role ID

Soundtrack, Composer, Actor/Actress

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Couple Profile

Bj�rn Christian Ulvaeus began his performing career in a folk group. Producer Stig Anderson (who would later co-write ABBA`s "Dancing Queen") discovered them in 1963 and they moved to Stockholm. Anderson dubbed them the Hootenanny Singers and signed him to his label, Polar Records. Ulvaeus` song "Baby Those Are the Rules" was a Swedish Top Ten hit. He met Andersson, who had hits as a member of the Hep Stars, at a party and the two decided to form a writing and producing team. Andersson met Anni-Frid Lyngstad in Malmo, Sweden, where they both were separately performing in nightclubs. Ulvaeus met singer Agnetha Faltskog when they both appeared on a television show. The couples were married for a time. When Stig Anderson hired Ulvaeus and Anderson as staff producers for Polar, the two men began using their wives as background vocalists on recording sessions. With the recording of one of the duo`s songs, "People Need Love," the two women took over the lead vocals. "People Need Love" was issued in America as being by the group Bjorn Benny and Svenska Flicka. After entering the Eurovision Song Contest, one of the quartet songs, "Waterloo," won first prize becoming an international hit, due in part to the contest being televised all over the world. "Waterloo" issued in the U.S. by Atlantic Records went to number six pop on -Billboard`s chart in summer 1974. Stig Anderson was tired of saying four names when he referred to the group, so he took the first letter of the group members` name and rearranged them into the name ABBA. "Waterloo"`s follow-up "Honey, Honey, Honey" went to number 27 Pop in fall 1974. ABBA`s next charting singles, all on Atlantic, were "SOS," "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," "Mamma Mia," and "Fernando," which hit number one adult contemporary in fall 1976. But it wasn`t until the shimmering million-selling "Dancing Queen" that ABBA had their first number one pop single in late 1976. Included on the gold LP Arrival, "Dancing Queen" was a massive disco hit. The hits continued: "Knowing Me Knowing You," "Money, Money, Money," "The Name of the Game," the gold "Take a Chance on Me" (number three pop), and "Does Your Mother Know." Besides The Arrival, other charting ABBA albums were the platinum LP The Album ("Take a Chance on Me"), the gold Voulez-Vous, the gold Super Trouper , and The Visitors. After ABBA split in 1982, Ulvaeus and Andersson also collaborated on Murray Head`s 1984 number three pop hit "One Night in Bangkok" and tracks for Swedish singer Josefin Nilsson. The two also appeared with the rest of ABBA on VH1`s "Where Are They Now" in 1999.

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facebook.com/pages/Bjorn-Ulvaeus/57603647204, iheu.org/node/2298, raffem.com/BjornUlvaeusBiogr.htm, thorsven.net/BDABBA/Musiciens/m00032.htm, dummipedia.org/Chronology:Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus

Full Name at Birth

Bj�rn Christian Ulvaeus

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Associated People

Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA singer and composer, ex-wife), Benny Andersson (ABBA singer, composer & keyboards), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (ABBA singer and composer)

Role ID

Music Department

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