Andersson met Björn Ulvaeus in June 1966, and the two started writing songs together, their first being " Isn't It Easy To Say ", eventually recorded by The Hep Stars.

The personal relationships and Andersson and Ulvaeus ' songwriting collaboration has led quite naturally to the very close co-operation which the four friends had during the following years.

During the next eight years, Andersson ( together with Ulvaeus ) wrote music for and produced eight studio albums with ABBA.

After ABBA broke up in 1983, Andersson continued writing music with Ulvaeus.

The Paige / Dickson duet " I Know Him So Well " became a major UK # 1 hit, and Murray Head's " One Night in Bangkok " gave Andersson / Ulvaeus a US # 3 hit.

In 1985, Andersson produced and released an album with brother and sister Anders and Karin Glenmark, featuring new songs by Andersson / Ulvaeus.

He decided to produce an album with Josefin Nilsson from this quartet, resulting in the 1993 English-language album Shapes, featuring ten new Andersson / Ulvaeus compositions.

Andersson currently performs with his own band of 16 musicians, BAO ; " Benny Anderssons Orkester " (" Benny Andersson's orchestra "), utilising the vocal talents of fellow Swedes Helen Sjöholm ( from Kristina from Duvemåla ) and Tommy Körberg ( of Chess fame ), with lyrics to new material sometimes written by his song-writing partner and best friend of 40 years, Björn Ulvaeus.

For a compilation album of the Glenmark duo Gemini, Andersson had Björn Ulvaeus write new Swedish lyrics for the re-recording of two old songs ; Ulvaeus also wrote new English lyrics to older Swedish language songs for opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter tribute album " I Let The Music Speak ".

Together with Ulvaeus, Andersson was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in a category " Outstanding Music " ( for the musical Chess ), and for a Tony Award in a category " Best Orchestrations " ( for musical Mamma Mia !).

Andersson / Ulvaeus also won a Touring Broadway Award for the musical " Mamma Mia " ( best score ).

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

* icethesite ( Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus news site )

By the late 1960s, he was the manager and producer of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who would become the two main songwriters of ABBA.

The musical Kristina från Duvemåla ( English title Kristina ) ( 1995 ) by ex-ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson is based on Moberg's The Emigrants Series ..

In 2005, she collaborated with the Mexican rock band Moderatto on their single Muriendo Lento, which is a cover of one of Timbiriche's songs, a Mexican pop group from the 1980s, which in turn was a cover of the record " Slowly ", written by ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus for the album " Shine ", released by another former member of ABBA-Frida.

Subsequently, her relationship with Andersson, and friendship with Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog led to the formation of ABBA.

At first, Lyngstad was hesitant to perform with her boyfriend Benny Andersson, his best friend Björn Ulvaeus and his girlfriend, Agnetha Fältskog.

Also in 2004, Lyngstad appeared with former band mates Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus at London's fifth anniversary performance of Mamma Mia !, the musical based on ABBA songs.

ABBA is the best-known popular music band from Sweden, and the only one that ranks among the best-known in the world, composed of members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Benny Andersson.

ABBA-members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have been very successful in musical theatre, with their international hit Mamma Mia !, as well as Chess, and Kristina från Duvemåla, which was a huge success in Sweden.

– Book by Catherine Johnson, music / lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

The settlers were Nils Andersson and his wife Brita.

Strong influences on the film were Bibi Andersson ( with whom Bergman was in a relationship 1955 – 59 ) who played the juggler's wife Mia, Picasso's picture of the two acrobats, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Strindberg's Folk Sagas and To Denmark, the frescoes at Haskeborga church and a painting by Albertus Pictor in Täby kyrka.

They show three silver anvils on a blue background and were designed by Trond Andersson.

In February 1969, Lyngstad met Benny Andersson, and the couple were engaged in August.

All vocals were recorded by Nicke Andersson.

After seven games, AIK were at the top of the league, in the Swedish Cup final, and had three players ( Dick Lidman, Ola Andersson, Jan Eriksson ) capped for the national team.

A slew of players were purchased, among them Andreas Andersson who was bought from Newcastle for circa 2 million euros, a Swedish record amount at the time.

Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning.

She met songwriters Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in 1983 when they were working with Tim Rice on Chess .< ref >

They were directed to the site at Dragon Bone Hill by local quarrymen, where Andersson recognised deposits of quartz that were not native to the area.

Subsequently, American producer Richard Vos suggested to Rice to work with Andersson and Ulvaeus instead, knowing that they were looking to develop and produce projects outside of ABBA.

His co-stars were Zoe Caldwell, Bibi Andersson, and Leonard Nimoy.

The great frequency of this name at the point in time ( around 1900 ) when patronymics were converted into family names is the reason why 1 out of every 30 Swedes today are called Andersson.

In 1952, Marseille were about to be relegated, but Gunnar Andersson saved his team, finishing as top scorer with 31 goals.

Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson first started his explorations of the region in 1918 at an area called Chicken-bone Hill by locals who have misidentified the rodent fossils that are in abundance there, but it was not until 1921 that he and American palaeontologist Walter W. Granger were led to the site known as Dragon Bone Hill by local quarry men.

Both Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson have lauded Björn Again a number of times over the years, and after ABBA's former members made their intentions known that they were not going to perform together any longer, Andersson was quoted as saying in 1999, " BJÖRN AGAIN are the closest you can get to seeing ABBA.

After that, Johan Larsson Sparre and his closest men, including Christoffer Andersson Stråle and Lars Andersson Rålamb, were captured.

Almost all of ABBA's promotional films were directed and shot by Hallström, with the only ( seven total ) exceptions being " When I Kissed the Teacher " ( 1977 ); " Chiquitita " ( 1979 ), which was made by the BBC ; " I Have a Dream " ( 1979 ); " On and On and On " ( 1980 ); " Lay All Your Love on Me " ( 1981 ); " The Day Before You Came ( 1982 )" and " Under Attack " ( 1982 ), which were both directed by Kjell Sundvall and Kjell-Åke Andersson.

Those who were involved during the several stages of the project were: Maria Widell Christiansen, Eva-Lisa Andersson, Elna Holmberg, Maria Uggla, Camilla Palmertz, Cynthia Charwick, Anna Rosén, Lena Ekelund and Tatiana Butovitsch Temm.