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Stig Anderson
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Swedish lyricist, music publisher, composer, music executive, manager for ABBA, teacher (1931-1997)
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Vinony files it under 1931 births, 1997 deaths and 20th-century Swedish businesspeople.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Mamma Mia
- The Siphonini - Diptera-Tachinidae - Of Europe (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Hova, Sweden
Stig 'Stikkan' Anderson, born in 1931 in Hova, wrote his first song at just 16. By the 1960s he had built a successful career as a songwriter, lyricist, and music publisher, laying the foundations of a major music business. In 1963 he co-founded Polar Music with Bengt Bernhag, signing the Hootenanny Singers, which included Björn Ulvaeus. Early on, Stig recognized the songwriting potential of…
Known for
- Vår älskade låtskatt — Self (archive footage)2026
- Stikkan — Self (archive footage)2024
- ABBA: Against the Odds — Self (archive footage)2024
- Det svenska schlagerkriget — Self (archive footage)2024
- ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold — Himself (archive) - ABBA Manager2023
- ABBA: Super Troupe — Self2019
- Ted - till minne av en popartist — Self (archive footage)1998
- Stikkan om Stikkan — Self1995
- Grattis Lill-Babs! — Self1988
- Party hos Parnevik — Himself - Guest1978
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-09-26
- Active to
- 2015-07-30
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 341
- Total plays
- 1,234
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leopold
- Family name
- Andersson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Oscar Parish
- Occupation
- music executive
- Position held
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Swedish
- Genre
- pop music
- Image
- Stikkan Anderson 1968 001.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Stikkan Anderson
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1931-01-25
- date of death
- 1997-09-12
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- birth name
- Stig Erik Leopold Andersson
- copyright representative
- STIM
- pseudonym
- Stikkan Anderson
- different from
- Stig Andersson
Sources (9)
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