All 4 ABBA Members Reunite For Knighting Ceremony in Sweden

After teaming up for a profitable comeback album in 2021, all 4 members of ABBA reunited as soon as extra as they have been knighted at a royal ceremony in Stockholm on Friday, Might 31.

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Benny Andersson posed collectively as they obtained the Royal Order of Vasa, establishing them as Commanders of the First Class, for “very excellent efforts in Swedish and worldwide music life.” They have been knighted by Swedish royalty, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

“The order you get at present is Sweden’s thanks to your distinctive efforts,” the king, 78, mentioned, based on Sky News.

The group was all smiles as they posed collectively for footage and accepted the respect, which was offered in a purple field, on the Royal Palace.

This yr’s 13 honorees have been the primary to obtain Swedish knighthood since 1974. Royal orders have been beforehand restricted to foreigners solely however the Riksdag, the nation’s parliament, agreed to reinstate the respect for residents on the finish of 2022.

Candidates have been nominated by each most of the people and the Swedish authorities with 9 chosen to obtain the royal order alongside ABBA, together with two Nobel Prize-winning physicists.

ABBA lately obtained 5 Grammy nominations for his or her reunion album, Voyage, which was launched in November 2021 to rave critiques. It was the group’s first document of recent materials in 40 years.

In celebration of the album, the group introduced ABBA Voyage, a digital live performance residency that options avatars of the members as they appeared in 1979. The present makes use of re-recorded vocals and is accompanied by a reside instrumental band on stage. Andersson, 77, and Ulvaeus, 79, appeared on the ABBA Enviornment in London final week to have a good time the live performance’s two-year anniversary. Lyngstad, 78, and Faltskog, 74, weren’t in attendance.

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ABBA — an acronym of the primary letters of every group member’s first identify: Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid — launched on the 1974 Eurovision Track Contest, the place they received with their music “Waterloo.” Within the years since, they’ve develop into one of the vital profitable pop teams of all time, promoting tens of millions of albums that includes hits like “Dancing Queen” and “Tremendous Trouper.”

In 1999, their music was tailored right into a stage musical, Mamma Mia!, which was made into the profitable 2008 movie starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried. A 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Right here We Go Once more, additionally featured ABBA’s music.