ABBA
Eurovision Legends20 Loka 2021

ABBA

In 1974, a Swedish group changed Eurovision and music forever, but the story of ABBA did not in any way start there.

All four members of ABBA, or five if you include manager and lyricist Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, had their respective careers, in Agnetha's case it was even "international", before they formed the group, and together with the ABBA expert Carl-Magnus Palm we take a deep dive in the roads that converged into the pop sensation that won Sweden its first victory in the Eurovision.

Separately and together, they had already made several accepted and rejected attempts to participate in the Swedish pre-selection, and of course we talk about all of these. Finally they won Melodifestivalen in 1974 without being the outright favourite, and went on to do the same thing at the Eurovision in Brighton. What happened there and which roles did Hotenanny Singers, Hep Stars, Lena Andersson, Brita Borg, Lill-Babs, Tommy Körberg, Lasse Berghagen, Jan Malmsjö, Neil Sedaka, Arthur Greenslade, Titti Sjöblom, Mouth & McNeal and Svenne & Lotta play in this story?


Legend: ABBA

Expert on the subject: Carl Magnus Palm

Song: Waterloo (Sweden 1974)

Host: Emil Löfström

Contact: emil@schlagervannerna.se

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