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2000

Frida in Expressen 24.05.2000 talking about the emptiness after her husband's death.

2001

Frida attending Polar Music Prize ceremony in Stockholm 2001

2002

Frida attending the Polar Prize ceremony in Stockholm - May

Båstad - Sweden

On July 17th, 2002 Frida attended the concert of Robert Wells in Båstad in south-west Sweden.

La Barcarolle

In 2002 Frida recorded the song "La Barcarolle" with Italian opera diva Filippa Giordano. It was released on the re-release of Giordano's album in November 2002 in Japan as one of bonus tracks. 

2003

Frida in Las Vegas, February 13, 2003

Frida and Benny attended the premiere of the musical "Mamma Mia" in Las Vegas, USA on February 13. It was Frida's first public appearance this year.  

Polar Music Prize - May 12th, 2003

Frida attended traditionally the Polar Music Prize celebration on May 12, 2003 in Stockholm. According to Expressen she came together with Heinz Julen, an old friend from Switzerland. Heinz Julen is a good friend to Frida who lives in Switzerland. Michael from Germany has sent a very nice picture of Frida and Princess Victoria. (Thanks to Germany)

Frida spent a lot of time in Sweden and Stockholm during the period of May-August 2003. She attended the Polar Music Prize ceremony in the beginning of May in Stockholm together with her friend Heinz Julen (see The News). She was having lunch with the Queen and the King of Sweden in their castle Solliden on the Öland island in July. She met Robbie Williams and Rolling Stones in Stockholm as well.

Late summer 2003

In September Frida was seen on Bali having holidays there. Thanks Frank from Melbourne for the picture.

Article from Sunday, Sept 28, 2003

Stockholm, October 3, 2003

Anni-Frid came to Stockholm and enjoyed the premiere of the show "Kikki Bettan Lotta "at Cirkus. The show featuring three well-known singers Elisabeth Andreassen (former Bobbysocks), Kikki Danielsson and Lotta Engberg is a mixture of schlager, Eurovision Song Contest and Swedish dance pop. 

Zürich, October 11, 2003

Frida participated in the Mentor Gala at the Opera in Zürich (Switzerland)

Frida & Dan Daniell

The long awaited new single featuring Frida and Dan Daniell is out. It contains 3 nice melodies which are not so "serious" as it was maybe expected. There is lots of Frida vocals and all ABBA fans can enjoy one more version of "I Have a Dream".

Stockholm, December 2, 2003 - The new premiere of "ABBA the Movie"

Frida and Benny represented ABBA on the new premiere of "ABBA The Movie" on December 2, 2003. TV4 met Frida and did a short interview for its news at 10 pm.

Frida celebrating Silvia's birthday

 Frida attended Queen Silvia's birthday gala on Dec 23, 2003 in Stockholm

2004

The Queen of the show - Frida in London April 6th, 2004

Frida together with Björn and Benny celebrated the 5th anniversary of Mamma Mia in London and 30th anniversary of ABBA on April 5th, 2004. Frida's close friend Heinz Julen was there as well. In London Frida gave an exclusive interview for British TV which. The interview would be added as en extra on the forthcoming DVD "Super Troupers".

Frida on the Polar Music Prize Gala, May 2004

The day before the Polar Music Prize Gala Frida participated in a private party organized by Stikkan's daughter Marie and her husband Tomas Ledin in their appartment in Östermalm in Stockholm.

As usual Frida attended the Polar Music Prize Gala in Stockholm on Monday, May 24.

In London, June 10, 2004

Frida attended the Royal Charity Gala Performance for the musical "Mamma Mia" at the Prince of Wales Theatre on June 10, 2004 in London. The Prince Of Wales officially opened the newly refurbished venue after owner Cameron Mackintosh investment in completely redesigning and improving the theatre.

In Stuttgart, July 18, 2004

Anni-Frid and Björn Ulvaeus represented "ABBA" on the Stuttgart premiere of the musical Mamma Mia on July 18, 2004.

In Stockholm, August 2004

Frida in Stockholm at the wedding of her good friend Noppe Lewenhaupt on Thursday August 12, 2004.

Köln

Frida performed "The Sun Will Shine Again" on the Jon Lord concert in Köln. The concert was released on DVD in West Germany some months later. It was difficult to guess if the Frida performance was live or not.

German TV, September 19th

Frida was in Munich (Germany) on Monday September 6th and performed her new song "The Sun will shine again" which was aired on ZDF on September 19, 2004 at 11.15 pm. She attended a short press conference together with Jon Lord. One of the questions was whether she was thinking about making a come-back but she did not answer this question.

Sunday Night Classics - the press conference

ZDF broadcasted parts of the interview that Frida gave in Munich before the recording of Sunday Night Classics. There will be no musical comeback, said Frida but at the same time she makes a kind of comeback anyway performing the new song in front of TV cameras.

She talked about the hard times in her life and about "the sun that will shine again". The sun seems to shine for Frida now. We could see a lady being in a good mood answering the questions during this press conference. Frida wanted even to thank her fans for their support.

Back in Berlin - 30 years later

It was a great evening at Friedrichstadtpalast at the "Goldene Henne 2004" gala in Berlin - the heart of Europe. Artists and celebrities from both East and West were there and of course Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Jon Lord. Frida performed in front of East German TV cameras in the late autumn of 1974 together with the others in the group called ABBA. The group was not so internationally established at that time and it was important to perform in so many countries it was possible. That's why they even went to DDR. Yesterday, 30 years later, the former member of ABBA performed in the territory which belonged to East Germany before 1989 at the famous Friedrichstadtpalast well-known for their fabulous shows both during the communist time and now. It was probably the most symbolical evening in the show-biz history of East and West.

Frida was absolutely beautiful and the performance of her latest recording "The Sun Will Shine Again" was much more relaxed than on "Sunday Night Classics" a couple of weeks ago.  

The Sun Will Shine Again..

...available on Jon Lord's album "Beyond the notes".

Mamma Mia in Madrid, November 18

Frida and Björn attended the premiere of Mamma Mia in Madrid. A friend to our homepage Enrique Soriano  was there and this is his report from the evening.

"It was a wonderful night. The show started at nine p.m., and Frida and Björn appeared half an hour before. The first one to come was Frida, accompanied by Görel Hanser and one of the Prince Reuss´ daughters (I think). She stopped at the "blue" carpet to sign autographs to some of the fans that were waiting for her. A bit later, Björn appeared accompanied by his wife Lena, and his daughter Anna. He did the same as Frida, to stop and chat with some of the fans.
Later on, I glimpsed Linda´s husband, so I thought that Linda would be there too.
While the audience was waiting for the sow to start, everybody clapped when Frida and Björn came into the theatre. . At that moment, I went  to them and  took some photos.

The show started, and I must say it was brilliant, and identical to the English show. Same musical arrangements, same scennery, same everything!. I was a bit awkward about the translation of the songs into Spanish. Even the well known Spanish songs that were originally sung by ABBA were changed, but Albert Mas-Griera -the translator- did a very good job and the lyrics were excellent. The atmosphere in the theatre  was as cheerful as in London. The audience laughed and  at many different numbers.

During the break, I saw Linda with her husband and daughter, I was right! So I went to her and took another photo.

After the second act, the audience  stood up and clapped and danced with the encore numbers, and shouted Bravo to the actors and actresses. The big surprise was the appearence of Frida and Björn on stage. They didn´t talk, but they saluted the audience.   The show was a BIG SUCCESS.

Later on  there was a dinner-party at the hall of the theatre, which was plenty of spanish personalities. Björn and Frida were at the first floor, where a VIP room was dispossed.  And finally there was disco music from the seventies. The party went on until four a.m.

It was a wonderful night and the critics on the papers the following day were pretty good."

The Advent show on ZDF - 28.11.2004

"The Sun Will Shine Again" was performed at the end of the show.

Jose Carerras Gala

Frida and Jon Lord continue their "TV-tour" through Germany. They participated in "Jose Carerras Gala" which was aired by ARD on December 16. Frida had her Mamma Mia-Madrid-premiere outfit and she introduced slightly changed image featuring a new hair cut.

Frida and Jon on ZDF

All ABBFrida fans received their Christmas present on Christmas Eve from German TV ZDF. Frida and Jon Lord appeared in three musical pieces. The well-known "The Sun Will Shine Again" was the first song to be performed. It is difficult to say if the performance was live or not. The sound quality was quite bad. In the "Christmas Experiment" Frida sang a very short piece at the beginning and she sat down during the rest of performance. At the end of the show all artists including Frida and Jon were on stage singing a Christmas song. Frida had her well-known black & white outfit.

2005

Mamma Mia - Stockholm

Frida attended the Swedish premiere of the musical "Mamma Mia" in Stockholm on February 12, 2005.

The Frida remasters

The Frida re-masters were released in the summer. Her three "most important" albums have been re-released on CD with bonus tracks. The first one - "Ensam"- originally released in 1975 in Scandinavia contains 10 covers of well-known world hits and one new track "Fernando" written by Benny and Björn. "Fernando" became a world hit when it was performed by ABBA in 1976. Two songs from Frida 1972 single "Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan" & "Ska man skratta eller gråta" have been added on this release as bonus tracks. Not much but nice to hear these two songs in the re-mastered version. The booklet contains lyrics and one rare photo from Frida's performance on Swedish TV in August 1975. The album topped Swedish chart at the end of 1975 and beginning of 1976.

"Something's Going On" was the most successful international LP of Frida. Produced by Phil Collins of Genesis it contained 11 songs and the first single "I Know There's Something Going On" became a huge hit in Europe and USA. The 2005 CD release of the album contains two bonus tracks: the 7" edit of the title song and the solo version of "Here We'll Stay" originally recorded as a duet by Frida and Phil. When "Here We'll Stay" was chosen for the third single release from the album it was decided that Phil's vocal parts would be removed and Frida's vocals re-recorded. Collins did not want to cause confusion among his fans promoting the single with Frida as he had started to promote his own solo production. The booklet contains all the lyrics and reproductions of quite worn-out single covers from different countries. I wonder if Universal could not find single covers in a little better condition.

The third and the "most complicated" production "Shine" is up-to-date Frida's last English language album. The album was too modern and too "different" for its time and it flopped totally in 1984 when it was released even if Frida did her very best promoting it on TV in many European countries. The singer contributed for the first time with two self-penned songs: a very nice ballad "Don't Do It" and a not so very nice kind of "new wave" track "That's Tough" which until now was only available as the B-side of the "Shine" single and where Frida sang some parts in Swedish just like Agnetha Fältskog one year before in "Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Both "That's Tough" and the extended version of "Shine" are available on this edition as bonus tracks. It's a big pity that the record company did not want to released three songs recorded during the Shine sessions: "I'm One of God's Children", "Can't Be Serious" and "When Love Turns to Lies". Even this booklet contains scanned versions of worn-out single covers.

Charlotte's funeral

Frida attended the funeral of her friend Charlotte Klingspoor in Sweden at the beginning of October.

Frida 60

The Swedish weekly "Se och hör" in its issue of November 16, 2005 has an article about Frida's 60th birthday. According to the paper Frida did not want to be celebrated by her friends on her 60th birthday.

Frida - The DVD

Finally the long awaited DVD with absolutely rare Frida material is available. The DVD contained a lot of video clips from her early TV appearances, during the ABBA time, after ABBA until now.

Frida comments the material in Swedish which and it makes that the comments are interesting, intelligent and funny as she talks in her mother tongue. Lots of rarities are included on the DVD.

The total time is 3 hours 25 minutes.

2006

Frida - The book by Jean-Marie Potiez & Philippe Elan

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The book "A tribute to Frida" was released in Germany in April 2006. On 156 pages you can find pictures of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (today: Reuss) from various periods of time. Many of them extremely rare and previously unseen. Jean-Marie Potiez, one of the authors is the man behind many ABBA projects released in the 1990s. Philippe Elan is a big Frida fan who has released a CD with several Frida covers a couple of years ago. As big ABBA fans they are the right people to find rare pictures of their idols. And so it is in this case. Lots of good choices mixed with quite well-known but beautiful pictures of the artist. The book is a kind of chronological diary about the singer's life. The very early pictures from the time before ABBA take about 30 first pages. Pictures from the ABBA time feature mainly Anni-Frid with some exceptions where all four members of the group can be seen on the picture. Some really beautiful pictures of Frida from the wonderful year 1977 belong to the highlights in the book. Many of them were taken during additional filming for ABBA The Movie in Stockholm. One of the big surprises are very relaxed pictures from the "Hawaii" photo session which were used on the cover of the ABBA single "The Winner Takes It All" (see them in our "Super Trouper" section). The totally unknown shot from the "Voulez-Vous" photo session is a real bonus for all fans of the 1979 LP cover. Jean-Marie and Philippe chose some beautiful photos taken in France during different periods of time.

The final part of the book shows Frida going solo and promoting her albums "Something's Going On", "Shine" and "Djupa andetag". Even several pictures from the 2004 project with Jon Lord and the latest "blonde" image can be found.

A wonderful addition to the great Poitiez issue "ABBA The Book". We hope to see "A tribute to Agnetha" soon as well as tributes to Benny and Björn. Come on Jean-Marie and Philippe...!

Frida on the Swedish King's 60 years party

Polar Prize 2006

Frida attended traditionally the Polar Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Monday 22 May 2006.

Mentor meeting in London, May 23rd

Frida on ZDF

Frida appeared on German TV in September in the TV special about the Swedish Royal Family. She was talking about the ABBA appearance at the Stockholm Opera the day before wedding of the Swedish King in 1976. Lots of ABBA and Benny music was played in the background and even a rare performance of Benny Andersson Orkester from the Stockholm City Hall for the Tsunami offers was shown.

Frida & Björn do mamma mia in Moscow, Oct 14th.

On Saturday October 14th it was time for a new "Mamma Mia" premiere in Moscow (Russia). Frida and Björn attended the event. The beauty and the beast...

Thanks Mayumi T. in Japan and Dmitri A. in Moscow for the wonderful photos

2007

Frida in Zürich

The photo was taken in Zürich at the opening of the restaurant "Rüsterei" at the beginning of June.

Glimåkra - Sweden - July 22nd, 2007