Ulvaeus

Mamma MiaWritten by playwright Catherine Johnson with Abba members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who composed original music to accompany their hit songs, it opened in in 1999 and moved to its current home at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2004.

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Another potential star resident, ex-ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus, had planned to build a Furrillen studio complex near the water, but he abandoned the project last year, Mr. Hellström says, after negotiations broke down with the island's zoning authorities, who were in favor of leaving the coastline intact.

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When they divorced, ABBA broke up, but Andersson and Ulvaeus remained writing partners and friends.

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One member, Björn Ulvaeus, hasn't performed live since.

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But after a decade of punishing tours and personal appearances at radio stations, the lyrics Andersson and Ulvaeus wrote for "Super Trouper" – "all I do is eat and sleep and sing, wishing every show was the last show" – were seen in Sweden as the explanation for her decision to quit.

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He met fellow ABBA band mate, Björn Ulvaeus, in 1966, while performing with a group called the Hep Stars.

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More recently, Fältskog, who divorced Ulvaeus in 1979, was the victim of a long-running stalking saga which eventually saw a Dutchman, Gert van Graaf, banned from setting foot in Sweden.

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I don't think Moroder was really listening to Kraftwerk during this period - I think he was more influenced by the bubblegum production values of RAK's Chinn/Chapman and even Andersson/Ulvaeus Abba.

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With his partner unavailable, Rice joined forces with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of Abba for his 1984 Cold War musical Chess, which failed to match Cats' record-breaking box office appeal.

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In reality, Ulvaeus and Falstad parted somewhat amicably, and the song was mostly fictional.

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