Backstage she met her future spouse Benny Andersson, who also participated in the contest as composer.

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

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

Also in 1994, Dregen met singer and guitarist Nicke Andersson who at that time played drums with Swedish death metal outfit Entombed.

In 1966 when Andersson was 19 years old, she met Quincy Jones at a party given by TWA in honour of Frank Sinatra in New York.

The duo named themselves Gemini, and a second album with more music by Björn and Benny was released in April 1987, containing the big hit " Mio My Mio "; also to be found on the soundtrack to the film Mio in the Land of Faraway, for which Andersson co-produced the music.

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 ".

Benny Andersson has written music to several films for screen and television ; the first attempt in the early 1970s for the obscure Swedish movie The Seduction Of Inga: the film flopped, but the ' Björn & Benny ' single " She's My Kind Of Girl " surprised the composers by being released in Japan and becoming a Top 10 hit ( the song renamed in Japan as " The Little Girl Of The Cold Wind ").

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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.

The division was founded in 1902 and is run by Werner Kern and Björn Andersson.

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

is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band.

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

Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice.

Songwriters Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson allowed their use in the film and permitted one of their hits, " Dancing Queen ", to be adapted as an orchestral piece as long as the band received a percentage of the film's profits.

English-speaking audiences know him best for his role in the Benny Andersson – Björn Ulvaeus – Tim Rice musical Chess.

The 1983 production of Abbacadabra, written by former ABBA members, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, saw Paige star in the role of Carabosse.

On May 12 and 13, 2008 At Royal Albert Hall, London, Groban performed as " The Russian " Anatoly Sergievsky ; joining with Broadway stars Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal in " Chess in Concert " a live concert version of the musical Chess composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA fame.

Having established their co-work in Hep Stars Andersson and Ulvaeus continued both as songwriting team to Polar-record company as well as duo Björn & Benny which eventually led to ABBA.

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.

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 ).

Andersson and Ulvaeus were busy producing other artists, but soon discovered the qualities of Lyngstad's and Fältskog's voices combined: ABBA came to life.

Ulf Andersson ( born 27 June 1951 in Västerås, Sweden ) is a leading Swedish chess player.

Milles was born Carl Wilhelm Andersson, son of lieutenant Emil " Mille " Andersson and his wife Walborg Tisell, ( June 23, 1875 – September 19, 1955 ) outside Uppsala in 1875.

The new Elephant House, opened in June 2008, is designed by Norman Foster in cooperation with the Danish landscape architect Stig L Andersson.

Andersson made his debut for Sweden on 4 June 1995 in a 0 – 1 loss against Brazil.

On 11 June 1992, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA appeared on-stage in Stockholm for the first time in years to perform " Dancing Queen " with the band, which U2 had frequently performed on the tour up to that point.

Ulla Agneta Jones née Andersson, known professionally as Ulla Andersson and as Ulla Jones ( born June 18, 1946 in Sweden ) is a former high fashion model, actress, singer and songwriter who appeared on numerous magazine covers during the 1960s, before she retired from the Ford Modelling Agency, and has been married to Quincy Jones.