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Benny Andersson

Biography

Manufacturer/songwriter/keyboardist Benny Andersson co-produced the mega-hits of ’70s Swedish pop group ABBA alongside fellow ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus. Hearing ABBA, you can hear an absolute Phil Spector/Brian Wilson as well as the Seaside Boys impact (the thick vocal harmonies) on the information, understandable since Andersson cites the group as a popular. Benny Andersson was created on Dec 16, 1946, in Stockholm and originates from an accordion-playing family members, which spawned his desire for picking right up the device as a kid. After finding Elvis Presley, he started playing in rock and roll bands. Choosing never to adhere to his father in to the building business, Andersson stop his custodial work to try out piano using the Hep Celebrities. The group experienced 15 chart information in Sweden, including Andersson’s track “Sunny Lady.” After exposure to the documenting studio, Andersson’s curiosity was piqued. Later on he fulfilled songwriter/guitarist/maker Björn Ulvaeus plus they started collaborating. The duo made a decision to make use of their girlfriends, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog, on “People Want Like,” which became popular single. They made a decision to end up being the group Bjorn, Benny, Anna and Frida in 1974. The quartet performed their “Waterloo” in the televised Eurovision Track Contest and received first prize. Due to the huge publicity, “Waterloo,” an Atlantic Information single, became a global hit, likely to quantity six on Billboard’s pop graphs in summer time 1974. ABBA’s additional charting singles had been “S.O.S.,” “I REALLY DO, I ACTUALLY DO, I Do, I ACTUALLY DO, I REALLY DO,” “Mamma Mia,” “Fernando” (number 1 adult modern), the shimmering million-selling “Dance Queen” (number 1 pop), “Understanding Me Understanding You,” “Cash,Money,Cash,” “The Name of the overall game,” the silver “Have a Possibility on Me” (number 3 pop), and “Will Your Mother Understand”; the group’s last big strike was “The Champion Takes EVERYTHING” (amount eight pop, number 1 adult modern). Their biggest albums had been the silver LP Entrance (early 1977), the platinum LP The Record (“Have a Possibility on Me”) from 1978, the silver Voulez-Vous (summertime 1979), the silver Super Trouper (past due 1980), as well as the Guests (early 1982). ABBA, which disbanded in 1982, was profiled on the 1999 portion of VH1’s Where Are They Today.

Quick Facts


Full Name Benny Andersson
Height 1.77 m
Profession Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Businessperson, Film producer, Music Producer, Film Score Composer
Nationality Swedish
Spouse Mona Nörklit, Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Children Peter Grönvall, Hélene Grönvall, Ludvig Andersson
Parents Laila Andersson, Gösta Andersson
Siblings Eva-Lis Andersson
Awards Grammis Award for Composer of the Year, Grammis Award for Album of the Year
Music Groups ABBA, Benny Anderssons Orkester, Hep Stars
Music Songs Dancing Queen, Happy New Year, Mamma Mia, Chiquitita, The Winner Takes It All, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Fernando, Money, Money, Money, Take a Chance on Me, Waterloo, Thank You for the Music, S.O.S., Voulez-Vous, Super Trouper, I Have A Dream, Knowing Me Knowing You, Does Your Mother Know, Lay All Your Love on Me, The Day Before You Came, One of Us, Ring Ring, Hasta Mañana, Honey Honey, Summer Night City, Name of the Game, When All Is Said and Done, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, Like an Angel Passing Through My Room, Eagle, Head Over Heels, That's Me, Slipping Through My Fingers
Albums Waterloo, Arrival, The Visitors, The Album, ABBA, Super Trouper, Ring Ring, Gracias Por La Música, Lycka, O klang och jubeltid, Klinga mina klockor, Mitt hjärta klappar för dig, Greatest Hits, Story of a Heart, The Best of ABBA, The Magic of ABBA, November 1989, Tomten har åkt hem, Från Waterloo till Duvemåla, Mamma Mia!, Chess (The Original Recording / Remastered / Deluxe Edition), Piano, Sexton favoriter ur Kristina från Duvemåla, Hep Stars bästa
Nominations Grammis Award for Producer of the Year, Tony Award for Best Orchestrations, Mastercard Best New Musical, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical, Guldbagge Award for Best Original Score
Movies Mamma Mia!, ABBA: The Movie, Songs from the Second Floor, Mio in the Land of Faraway, The Circle, You, the Living, The Seduction of Inga, Den hemliga vännen, Involuntary, Palme, ABBA: The Winner Takes It All, Abba: The Golden Years, Chess Moves, Abba: In Performance, Abba: The Visitors, Lycanthrope


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1 He and his wife Mona were marriage witnesses when Tommy Körberg was secretly married to Ann-Charlotte Nilsson in a church in Trosa on 14 June 2007.
2 Benny Andersson has a fortune worth at least US$ 130 million.
3 Was nominated with collaborators Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch for Broadway's 2002 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for "Mamma Mia!"
4 In 1998, he was awarded Sweden's Royal Order of the Seraphim by Konung 'King Carl XVI Gustaf'.
5 The name ABBA was comprised of the first letters of the first names of the group's members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
6 He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Best New Musical for "Mamma Mia!", based on the music of ABBA.
7 Son Ludvig Andersson with Mona Nörklit and son Peter Grönvall and daughter Helena Grönvall with former girlfriend Christina Grönvall.
8 6th April 1974: As a member of ABBA, he won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, in 1974, with the song "Waterloo".
9 In 2002 he was appointed Professor by the Swedish government.


Soundtrack

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Man of the Year 1995 writer: "The Visitors"
Änglagård - Andra sommaren 1994 writer: "Take a chance on me"
Muriel's Wedding 1994 as Andersson, "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo", "Fernando", "Mamma Mia", "I do, I do, I do, I do"
Monte Video 1994 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sjans 1992-1994 TV Series writer - 4 episodes
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 writer: "Fernando", "Mamma Mia"
Sista dansen 1993 writer: "Dancing Queen", "The Winner Takes It All"
Quelli che... il calcio 1993 TV Series writer: "Hung Up"
Dancing Queen 1993 TV Movie writer: "Dancing Queen"
Tryggare kan ingen vara... 1993 lyrics: "GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!" / music: "GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!"
Prime Suspect 2 1992 TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
House of Angels 1992 lyrics: "MAMA MIA", "CHIQUITITA", "FERNANDO" / music: "MAMA MIA", "CHIQUITITA", "FERNANDO"
Osapäiväartistit 1991 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Geluk bij een ongeluk 1990 TV Movie writer: "Money, Money, Money" - uncredited
Martians Go Home 1989 writer: "Dancing Queen"
Mio min Mio 1987 writer: "Mio My Mio"
Top of the Pops 1976-1985 TV Series writer - 43 episodes
Sotto il vestito niente 1985 writer: "One Night in Bangkok"
Marie 1985 "Honey Honey"
Abbalett 1984 TV Movie writer: "LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM", "VOULEZ VOUS", "KISSES OF FIRE", "SOLDIERS", "INTERMEZZO", "THE VISITORS", "WATCH OUT", "I'M A MARIONETTE", "WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE", "THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO", "MONEY MONEY MONEY"
Just the Way You Are 1984 writer: "Voulez-Vous"
Vradya epitheorisis 1984 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Christine 1983 writer: "The Name Of The Game"
Zeg 'ns Aaa 1982 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player 1981 Video documentary writer: "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Take a Chance on Me" - uncredited
Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? 1981 writer: "Money, Money, Money" - uncredited
Montenegro 1981 writer: "Why Did It Have To Be Me', "I Do, I Do, I Do'
ABBA in Concert 1980 TV Special documentary performer: "Take a Chance on Me", "Voulez-Vous", "Chiquitita", "I Have a Dream", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Summer Night City", "Dancing Queen", "Does Your Mother Know", "Hole In Your Soul", "The Way Old Friends Do", "Thank You For the Music", "I Have a Dream Unedited Live Version", "Eagle" / writer: "Waterloo", "Take a Chance on Me", "Voulez-Vous", "Chiquitita", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Summer Night City", "Dancing Queen",
Spetters 1980 writer: "Eagle", "Chiquitita"
An Enemy of the People 1980 TV Movie writer: "Money, Money, Money" - uncredited
Mike Yarwood in Persons 1979 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song 1979 TV Special writer: "Chiquitita"
Olivia 1978 TV Special writer: "Fernando", "Take A Chane On Me", "Thank You For The Music"
ABBA: The Movie 1977 Documentary writer: "Dancing Queen", "When I Kissed The Teacher", "Money, Money, Money", "Why Did It Have To Be Me", "Tiger", "Fernando", "Ring Ring", "Waterloo", "Mamma Mia", "SOS", "Rock Me", "Intermezzo No.1", "I've Been Waiting For You", "So Long", "Eagle", "The Name Of The Game", "Thank You For The Music", "I'm a Marionette", "Hole In Your Soul", "Get On The Carousel", "Please Change Your Mind"
Christmas 76 1976 TV Special writer: "Fernando"
ABBA in Australia 1976 TV Movie writer: "Mamma Mia", "Hasta Manana", "Ring Ring", "Tropical Loveland", "Waterloo", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Rock Me", "Dancing Queen", "Honey Honey", "Fernando", "So Long", "S.O.S."
Saturday Night Live 1975 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Seaside Special 1975 TV Series writer - 1 episode
En kille och en tjej 1975 lyrics: "DANCE WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES" / music: "GONNA SING YOU MY LOVE SONG", "DANCE WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES"
Spede show 1974 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Van Oekel's Discohoek 1974 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 TV Special writer: "Waterloo"
Ture Sventon - Privatdetektiv 1972 lyrics: "JAG ÄR BLOTT EN MAN" / music: "JAG ÄR BLOTT EN MAN"
Åsa-Nisse och den stora kalabaliken 1968 music: "SAGAN OM LILLA SOFIE"
Tähdet, tähdet 2016 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Who's Doing the Dishes? 2016 TV Series writer - 7 episodes
Scream Queens 2016 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Happy Valley 2016 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Vinyl 2016 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Divendres 2015 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sounds of the 80s 2015 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Gintberg på kanten 2012-2015 TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
Strictly Come Dancing 2014-2015 TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Tu cara me suena - Argentina 2014-2015 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
High-Rise 2015 writer: "SOS"
The Martian 2015 writer: "WATERLOO"
Catalunya aixeca el teló 2015 TV Movie writer: "Super Trouper"
The Voice 2015 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Slash 3 2015 writer: "Dancing Queen"
Britain's Got More Talent 2015 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ochéntame... otra vez 2015 TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2015 TV Series music - 1 episode
Glee 2011-2015 TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Mike & Mike 2013-2015 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 2015 TV Movie documentary writer: "The Winner Takes it All", "Super Trouper"
Night at the Museum 3 2014 writer: "Dancing Queen"
The Voice Israel TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2014 music - 1 episode, 2014
One Hit Wonderland 2014 TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Somewhere Over the Rainbow 2014 TV Movie documentary writer: "Dancing Queen" - uncredited
Tennis: Eastbourne 2014 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena 2012-2013 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Madonna: The MDNA Tour 2013 TV Movie documentary writer: "Hung Up"
Levenslied TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2013 music - 1 episode, 2013
Remember Sunday 2013 TV Movie writer: "Dancing Queen" - uncredited
Österreich rockt den Song Contest 2013 TV Movie writer: "Waterloo"
ABBA: Bang a Boomerang 2013 Documentary writer: "Bang-A-Boomerang", "Waterloo", "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "Fernando", "Hasta Manana", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Money Money Money", "When All Is Said And Done", "As Good As New", "Kisses Of Fire", "The Winner Takes It All", "So Long", "Why Did It Have To Be Me", "Tiger"
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978 2013 TV Movie documentary writer: "Take a Chance on Me"
The X Factor 2005-2012 TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Palme 2012 Documentary music: "Sorgmarsch"
Turn Back Time: The Family 2012 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Big Brother's Bit on the Side 2012 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Board Game 2012 Short writer: "Chess game, No. 1"
Champs-Elysées 2012 TV Series writer - 1 episode
No me la puc treure del cap 2010-2012 TV Series writer - 6 episodes
Mulheres Ricas 2012 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2012 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony 2012 TV Special writer: "Heaven Help My Heart"
The Choir: Military Wives 2011 TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Free Agents 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Top Gear 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Hangover Part II 2011 writer: "One Night In Bangkok"
Idool 2011 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode
20 to 1 2006-2011 TV Series documentary writer - 8 episodes
Österreich wählt 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Helden von morgen 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Total Wipeout 2011 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Community 2010 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Trip 2010/I writer: "The Winner Takes It All"
Dancing with the Stars 2010 TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Getaway 2010 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Formula 1: BBC Sport 2010 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
EastEnders 2000-2010 TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Live from Studio Five 2009-2010 TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour 2010 Video documentary writer: "Hung Up"
Dancing on Ice TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 2009 - 2010 performer - 1 episode, 2010
Diva TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2010 music - 1 episode, 2010
50 años de 2009-2010 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Doctors 2010 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Big Bang Theory 2010 TV Series music - 1 episode
Copycats 2009 TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection 2009 Video writer: "Hung Up"
Love 2009/II Short writer: "Chiquitita", "S.O.S."
Great Performances TV Series music - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards 2009 TV Special writer: "Dancing Queen"
Miss Austria 2009 2009 TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Loose Women 2009 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Salatut elämät 10 v 2009 TV Movie writer: "Honey, honey"
The Xtra Factor 2008 TV Series writer - 1 episode
BCN aixeca el teló 2008 TV Special writer: "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen"
Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep 2008 TV Special writer: "The Winner Takes It All"
Els matins a TV3 2008 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Banda sonora 2008 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Mamma Mia! 2008 writer: "I Have A Dream", "Honey, Honey", "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita", "Super Trouper", "Dancing Queen", "Our Last Summer", "Lay All Your Love On Me", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Voulez-Vous", "SOS", "Does Your Mother Know", "Slipping Through My Fingers", "The Winner Takes It All", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "When All Is Said And Done", "Take A Chance On Me", "Waterloo", "Thank You For The Music"
Get Smart 2008 writer: "Take a Chance on Me"
Der Alte 2008 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Europasión 2008 TV Special writer: "Waterloo"
De ofrivilliga 2008 writer: "Briggens blåögda blonda kapten"
Madonna: Live from Roseland Ballroom 2008 Video short writer: "Hung Up"
Morgan Pålsson - världsreporter 2008 writer: "Voulez-vous", "Waterloo", "Does Your Mother Know"
Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North 2008 TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop 2006-2008 TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
Wir sind Kaiser 2007-2008 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Deadline - Jede Sekunde zählt 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Singing Bee 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Esti showder 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Office 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idols 2002-2007 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
A Bucket o' French & Saunders 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Wonderful and Loved by All 2007 writer: "Happy New Year"
Mania 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
El club 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 2007 writer: "Dancing Queen"
Live Earth 2007 TV Special documentary writer: "Hung Up"
It Takes Two 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Gavin & Stacey 2007 TV Series 1 episode
Zavet 2007 writer: "The Winner Takes it All"
You, the Living 2007 writer: "Pulsation"
Stromberg 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
La tele de tu vida 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
29 und noch Jungfrau 2007 TV Movie writer: "Waterloo"
American Idol 2007 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lo cap d'any 2006 TV Special writer: "Waterloo"
Clatterford 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Scrubs 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
American Dad! 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
D-Calle 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Madonna: The Confessions Tour Live from London 2006 TV Movie documentary writer: "Lucky Star", "Hung Up"
Cesko hledá SuperStar 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Prête-moi ta main 2006 writer: "Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight"
How I Met Your Mother 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Heute heiratet mein Ex 2006 TV Movie writer: "Honey Honey"
Breaking and Entering 2006 writer: "Knowing Me Knowing You" - as Andersson
Tatort 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
MTV Pilipinas Music Video Award 2006 2006 TV Movie writer: "Hung Up"
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice 2006 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ve de gust 2006 TV Movie writer: "Time Gous by con Loli" Hung Up
Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne 2003-2006 TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Meine verrückte türkische Hochzeit 2006 TV Movie writer: "Hung Up"
Heartbreak Hotel 2006 writer: "Waterloo"
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards 2006 TV Special writer: "Hung Up"
Bitte lachen 2006 TV Series writer: "Hung Up"
Concert extraordinar de Craciun: Tarja Turunen 2005 TV Movie writer: "Happy New Year/Felicidad"
Smap×Smap 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Parkinson 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Star Academy 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
CSI: NY 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
CSI: Miami 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Wetten, dass..? 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 2005 TV Special writer: "Hung Up"
Le grand journal de Canal+ 2005 TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
KlassenLeben 2005 Documentary writer: "Dancing Queen"
South Park 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Man of the House 2005/I writer: "Dancing Queen"
Slovensko hladá SuperStar 2005 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Om Stig Petrés hemlighet 2004 TV Mini-Series music - 1 episode
Malcolm in the Middle 2000-2004 TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Recuperando memoria 2004 Video writer: "I Have a Dream"
Baumeister Solness 2004 TV Movie writer: "The Winner Takes it All" - uncredited
Idol 2004 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hrvatski Idol 2004 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Sopranos 2004 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tiempodespacio Deluxe 2004 Video short writer: "I Have a Dream"
New Zealand Idol 2004 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hardcore 2004 writer: "Dancing Queen"
Cold Case 2004 TV Series writer - 1 episode
SuperStar KZ 2003-2004 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Tuulikaappimaa 2003 TV Movie writer: "Dancing Queen"
Skenbart: En film om tåg 2003 music: "Skenbart"
Chess 2003 Video music: "Historien om schack The story of Chess", "Där jag ville vara Where I want to be", "Merano", "Anatolij och Molokov The Russian and Molokov", "Ungern '56", "Lämna inga dörrar på glänt Nobody's Side", "Jag vill se schack The Arbiter", "Kvartet - En förebild för dygd och högsta ambition Quartet - A model of decorum and tranquillity", "Inte jag Someone else's story", "Möte på en bro Mountain duet", "I mitt hjärtas land Anthem", "Florence lämnar Freddie Argument", "Vem ser ett barn Pity
Idols 2003 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Liquid Assets 2003 TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast 1999-2003 TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Berlin, Berlin 2003 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Johnny English 2003 writer: "Thank You for the Music", "Does Your Mother Know"
Skeppsholmen 2003 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2003 TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Disco Ball 2003 TV Special writer: "Dancing Queen"
OBLS 2003 TV Series documentary writer: "The Winner Takes It All", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money", "S.O.S", "Ring Ring", "Eagle", "Thank You For The Music", "Honey, Honey"
Freak Out 2003 writer: "S.O.S."
Operación triunfo 2002 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Stars in Their Eyes Kids 2002 TV Series writer - 1 episode
ABBA: The Definitive Collection 2002 Video performer: "Waterloo", "Ring Ring", "Mamma Mia", "SOS", "Bang-a-Boomerang", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Fernando", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "That's Me", "The Name of the Game", "Take a Chance on Me", "Eagle", "One Man, One Woman", "Thank You For the Music", "Summer Night City", "Chiquitita", "Does Your Mother Know", "Voulez-Vous", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "On and On and On", "The Winner Takes It All", "Super Trouper", "Happy New Year", "When Al
The 56th Annual Tony Awards 2002 TV Special writer: "Prologue/I Have a Dream", "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita", "Dancing Queen"
Gilmore Girls 2002 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ally McBeal 2001-2002 TV Series writer - 2 episodes
When Snooker Ruled the World 2002 TV Movie documentary writer: "Take a Chance on Me" - uncredited
Pop Idol 2002 TV Series writer - 1 episode
A*Teens: DVD Collection 2001 Video writer: "Mamma Mia", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Super Trouper", "Dancing Queen"
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song 2001 TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Langt fra Las Vegas 2001 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Kattbreven 2001 writer: "The Winner Takes It All"
Head Over Heels 2001 writer: "Take A Chance On Me"
Strawberry on the Shortcake 2001 TV Series writer: "S.O.S"
100 Greatest Number One Singles 2001 TV Special documentary writer: "Dancing Queen"
The Frank Skinner Show 2000 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Miss Congeniality 2000 writer: "Dancing Queen"
Night Fever 2000 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Even Stevens 2000 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Young Americans 2000 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tillsammans 2000 "SOS"
Ha-Kasefet 2000 TV Series writer: "Money, Money, Money"
Will & Grace 2000 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ett litet rött paket 1999 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dick 1999 writer: "Dancing Queen"
Summer of Sam 1999 writer: "Fernando" 1975, "Dancing Queen" 1976
Ben & Gunnar 1999 TV Movie writer: "One Night in Bangkok" - uncredited
Dancing Queen 1999 Short writer: "Dancing Queen"
Queer as Folk 1999 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ein großes Ding 1999 TV Movie writer: "Dancing Queen", "The Winner Takes It All" - uncredited
Brit Awards 1999 1999 TV Special writer: "ABBA Medley: Take a Chance on Me / Dancing Queen / Mamma Mia / Thank You for the Music" - uncredited
Regine: R2K 1999 Video documentary writer: "Dancing Queen"
A Song for Eurotrash 1998 TV Movie documentary writer: "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo"
Taber! 1998 Short writer: "The Winner Takes It All"
That '70s Show 1998 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mamma mia 1998 Short writer: "Mamma Mia"
Black Cat, White Cat 1998 "Money, Money, Money"
Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1997 - 1998 music - 2 episodes, 1992 - 1993
Die Harald Schmidt Show 1998 TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tohuwabohu 1992-1997 TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Kavanagh QC 1996 TV Series writer - 1 episode
When We Were Kings 1996 Documentary writer: "Rumble In The Jungle"
The Simpsons 1995 TV Series writer - 1 episode

Composer

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Cirkeln 2015
I ljus och mörker Live 2013
Palme 2012 Documentary
Great Performances 2009 TV Series 1 episode
Mamma Mia! 2008
You, the Living 2007
Asta Nilssons sällskap 2005
ABBA: Our Last Video Ever 2004 TV Short
Chess 2003 Video
Puder 2001
Refränger från källaren 2000 Documentary
Kristina från Duvemåla - en konsertresa till Minnesota 1996 TV Movie documentary
Nu är pappa trött igen 1996
Where the Whales Have Ceased to Sing 1993
Chess 1992 Video
Duo jag 1991 TV Movie
Guldburen 1991 TV Mini-Series
Kom igen Gaby! 1991
Den hemliga vännen 1990
Mio min Mio 1987
A Virgin Video Music Biography: Abba 1984 Video
ABBA in Concert 1980 TV Special documentary
ABBA: The Movie 1977 Documentary
The Seduction of Inga 1968

Music Department

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Gintberg på kanten 2015 TV Series documentary music - 1 episode
Cirkeln 2015 musician: piano, keyboards
Great Performances 2009 TV Series music by - 1 episode
Mamma Mia! 2008 composer: additional score / lyricist / musician: piano and keyboards
Skenbart: En film om tåg 2003 composer: title track
Chess 2003 Video music arranger
Gossip 2000/II composer: song "Gimme Gimme Gimme"
Gimme Gimme Gimme 1999 TV Series composer: theme music
Enken 1990 Video composer: song "Hasta Mañana"
Mio min Mio 1987 music arranger

Actor

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Abba Years 2014 Video
Mamma Mia! 2008 Piano Player on Boat (uncredited)
Skilda världar 1999 TV Series intervjuare
Lycanthrope 1999 Kevin
Nöjesmaskinen 1982 TV Series ABBA-member

Producer

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Cirkeln 2015 producer
Mamma Mia! 2008 executive producer

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sånger från andra våningen 2000 composer

Self

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Allsång på Skansen 2001-2016 TV Series Himself
Paul O'Grady's 100 Years of Movie Musicals 2016 TV Movie Himself - ABBA
Gintberg på kanten 2015 TV Series documentary Himself
Skavlan 2011-2015 TV Series Himself - Guest
Jag är inte beredd att dö än 2014 Documentary Himself
The Olivier Awards 2014 2014 TV Special Himself - Presenter: Best New Musical
Abba, P.S. 2014 Documentary Himself
Abba at the BBC 2013 TV Movie Himself
Agnetha: Abba & After 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself
ABBA: Dancing Queen 2012 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Gomorron 2010-2012 TV Series Himself / Himself - Vald till rock and roll hall of fame
Breakfast 2010 TV Series Himself - Composer
What's the Name of the Dame? 2009 Documentary
Reisewege 2009 TV Series documentary Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2009 TV Series Himself
The One Show 2009 TV Series Himself
Mamma Mia: The Making of Mamma Mia 2008 Video documentary short Himself - Composer / Executive Producer
Entertainment Tonight 2008 TV Series Himself
La nit al dia 2007 TV Series Himself
BingoLotto 2004-2007 TV Series Himself / Themselves - Musical Guest
Biography 2005 TV Series documentary Himself - ABBA member
Super Troupers: Thirty Years of ABBA 2004 Video documentary Himself
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 TV Special Himself - ABBA
ABBA: Our Last Video Ever 2004 TV Short Himself
The Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 2004 TV Special Man in ABBA-clip
GMTV 2004 TV Series Himself
The Ultimate Pop Star 2004 TV Movie Himself
ABBA: The Definitive Collection 2002 Video Himself
Refränger från källaren 2000 Documentary Himself
ABBA: The Winner Takes It All 1999 Video documentary Himself
Kristina från Duvemåla - en konsertresa till Minnesota 1996 TV Movie documentary Himself
A for ABBA 1993 Documentary short Himself
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 1992 Video Himself
Lyrics by Tim Rice 1985 Video Himself (segment "One Night In Bangkok")
Jacobs stege 1985 TV Series Himself
Na sowas! 1984 TV Series Himself
Villa Tempo 1984 TV Series Himself
A Virgin Video Music Biography: Abba 1984 Video Himself (film footage)
Nöjesmaskinen 1982 TV Series Himself - Member of ABBA
Show-Express 1980-1982 TV Series Himself
Aplauso 1979-1982 TV Series Himself / ABBA
Disco 1973-1981 TV Series Himself / Singer / Himself, singer
Die Drehscheibe 1968-1980 TV Series Himself - Musician / Singer
ABBA in Concert 1980 TV Special documentary Himself
ABBA: Words and Music 1980 Documentary short Himself
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song 1979 TV Special Song Peformer "Chiquitita" (as ABBA)
Top of the Pops 1975-1978 TV Series Himself / Himself - Member: ABBA
Starparade 1974-1978 TV Series Himself - Musician
Am laufenden Band 1978 TV Series Himself
ABBA: The Movie 1977 Documentary Himself
Musikladen 1976 TV Series
ABBA in Australia 1976 TV Movie Herself
Seaside Special 1975 TV Series Himself
Iltatähti 1975 TV Series Himself - Interviewee
The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 TV Special Himself - Swedish Entry: 1st Place
Melodifestivalen 1974 1974 TV Special Himself (as ABBA)
Melodifestivalen 1973 1973 TV Movie Himself
Hylands hörna 1966-1970 TV Series Himself
Discotheque 1969 TV Series Himself - with the Hep Stars
Folklore bunt gemischt 1969 TV Movie Himself - Musician (as The Hep Stars)
Beat! Beat! Beat! 1966 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tu cara me suena - Argentina 2015 TV Series Himself (as ABBA)
Eurovision at 60 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself - Winner, 1974 (as ABBA)
ABBA: 40 Jahre Waterloo 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself (as ABBA)
Palme 2012 Documentary Himself (uncredited)
Thank You for the Music - 40 Jahre ABBA 2012 Documentary Himself
Queens of British Pop 2009 TV Series Himself
Banda sonora 2008 TV Series Himself
Upp till kamp 2007 TV Mini-Series Himself
Mania 2007 TV Series Himself
ABBA: Dancing Queen Interviews 2007 Video Himself
La tele de tu vida 2007 TV Series Himself
La imagen de tu vida 2006 TV Series Himself
20 to 1 2006 TV Series documentary Himself
Boom Bang-a-Bang! 50 Years of Eurovision 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
When 'Blue Peter' Became ABBA 2005 TV Movie Himself
La tierra de las 1000 músicas 2005 TV Series documentary Himself
Tour d'Eurovision 2005 TV Movie Himself - Swedish Entry
Congratulations: 50 Years Eurovision Song Contest 2005 TV Movie Himself
30 veces 31 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself (as ABBA)
Temalørdag: ABBA i 25 år 1999 TV Movie documentary Himself - ABBA
Eurovisión Siglo XX 1998 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself (as ABBA)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 TV Special Himself
Hoe win ik het songfestival 1996 TV Movie Himself - Swedish Entry
Last Dance 1994 TV Movie documentary Himself
Fame in the Twentieth Century 1993 TV Series documentary Himself - ABBA (uncredited)
Top of the Pops 1976-1979 TV Series Himself - ABBA / Himself

Won awards

Won awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovieAward shared with
2013 Guldbagge Guldbagge Awards Best Music (Bästa musik) Palme (2012)
2007 Georges Delerue Prize Ghent International Film Festival Du levande (2007)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovieAward shared with
2016 Guldbagge Guldbagge Awards Best Music (Bästa musik) Cirkeln (2015)
2009 Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music BAFTA Awards Mamma Mia! (2008) · Björn Ulvaeus
2009 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Music, Adapted Song Mamma Mia! (2008) · Björn Ulvaeus (music and lyrics by)
· Stig Anderson (lyrics by)
· Meryl Streep (performed by)
· Julie Walters (performed by)
· Christine Baranski (performed by)
2009 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Music, Adapted Song Mamma Mia! (2008) · Björn Ulvaeus (music and lyrics by)
· Stig Anderson (lyrics by)
· Meryl Streep (performed by)


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1 I didn't think this would happen, because we were a pop band, not a rock band. Being a foreigner from the North Pole, this feels really good. (On ABBA's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010)
2 "I don't get it... did we look like transvestites or something?" - On drag queens performing ABBA songs.


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