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Björn Ulvaeus
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Swedish musician; member of ABBA
OverviewAI-generated
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish singer, composer, guitarist, and songwriter. Born on April 25, 1945, in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, he is a member of the groups ABBA and Hootenanny Singers. His musical work spans pop music and easy listening genres, with a career beginning in 1963. He is also associated with the musical "Chess" and the work "Mamma mia! How can I resist you?".
Ulvaeus received the Litteris et Artibus award. He is married to Agnetha Fältskog and has a child named Linda Ulvaeus. His business partners include Benny Andersson and Svenne Hedlund. He was educated at Lund University and speaks Swedish and English. His copyright is represented by PRS for Music.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Chess
- Mamma mia! How can I resist you?
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson. He is the oldest member of the…
Known for
- 70 Jahre ESC - More than Music — Self (archive footage)2026
- The Time Thief — Björn Ulvaeus2025
- Stikkan — Self (archive footage)2024
- ABBA: Against the Odds — Self (archive footage)2024
- More ABBA at the BBC — Self (archive material)2024
- ABBA: 50 Years of Pop — Self2024
- ABBA - Vom Popwunder zu Avataren — Self2024
- Året var 1975 — Self (archive footage)2024
- Det svenska schlagerkriget — Self (archive footage)2024
- Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer — Self2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1945
Discography
Member of
- ABBA1972–1982
- ABBAsince 2021
- Hootenanny Singers
- The Three Boys
- B&B and Choir
- The Partners
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 45,150
- Total plays
- 223,513
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,105x
- Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden markov model: application to complete genomes11Edited by F. Cohen
· 2001 · cited 11,561x
- A safe operating space for humanity
· 2009 · cited 9,701x
- Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance
· 2012 · cited 9,182x
- deepTools2: a next generation web server for deep-sequencing data analysis
· 2016 · cited 8,411x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I miss those days when people believed in science and common sense as in the Fifties and Sixties. Now fundamentalism and contempt for science seems to be spreading. I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That’s not the way it is today, not even in Sweden. For hundreds of years we have struggled to achieve a secular society, and now we seem to be going backwards.”
- “Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn’t been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.”
- “The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.”
- “We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were. Young, exuburent, full of energy and ambition.”
- “Touring we thought was a waste of time. It was much more productive and much more creative to write and record. I am glad today that we didn't tour. We knew it begins and ends with a song. Back then the entire business revolved around the song.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Works in European collections
18 objects attributed to Björn Ulvaeus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus ( Swedish: [ˈbjœːɳ ɵlˈvěːɵs] ; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson. He is the oldest member of the group.
Early life
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