Sorry but I do not agree with the opinion of many Agnetha followers in saying that she was the lead voice of Abba and that she has practically been the most recognized in the group. They are all talented and Frida is as beautiful as Agnetha and she has a fantastic and wonderful voice, she also sang very important songs throughout the Abba Era, for me both were equally relevant, none more than the other. Now in her old age Frida looks beautiful just as she was when she was young.
A few things to consider here: - Frida had come directly to the studio from a singing contest which she won. - This was her first time on television. - This is live to air. - Frida is nervous as all get out - yet once she starts singing she is suddenly doing what she was born to do. It's remarkable to watch the transformation. - NO rehearsal. The musicians can be seen having sheet music handed to them so they can play the song. - The last 30 seconds, featuring Frida's scat singing and stratospheric, eye watering high notes, is completely ad libbed and the musicians are just playing along with her. - We are extremely lucky to be able to view this tape. It was considered a lost performance until about 2002 when SVT located the tape and aired the show in its entirety. - The reason for this live show was to encourage people to stay home and watch TV while the country's street signs were changed for right hand driving the following day. Up to this point, you drove on the left in Sweden 🇸🇪.
It's a pity there are no subtitles here. At the start, Lennart Hyland is talking about the two pianists. Frida had just arrived from winning the 'Barnens Dag' singing contest at Skansen and didn't know she was going to appearing on live TV shortly after. She handed them a note with a rough draft of the song arrangement and that is what they are discussing. This performance is completely unrehearsed, so much so,, she's not even familiar with the different microphone. For a TV debut, it's remarkable.
There is a version with sub titles. Although her nerves were showing she answered a rather personal question with real tact. The mc inquired about her young children not being here and politley said they are with theyre dad. Thats where you hear the applause
Amazing vocal sound and control. Without any effort at all. Shes actually the more dominant voice in abba, she and agnetha had equall number of leads but when it comes to shared lead, shes the more unmistakeable voice. And if you can bury a voice like agnetha's, well you really are incredible
Nobody buried Agnetha's voice. When Agnetha and Frida sing together it becomes a 'third voice' almost. Practically impossible to separate the two, such was the incredible alchemy.
@@ekerowillow1610I can hear them seperately when they sing together… typically the are singing slightly different parts in harmony. I think Frida had wider range and more power, while Agnetha had more emotion. Both ladies brought something special to the group. The men were gifted songwriters, but they were lucky they fell in love with such amazingly talented women.
1956, she took the stage. She swept all the talent hunts. Her teachers in grade school identified her for her vocal skills and her keen ear. Before she took the stage in 1956, she was the schools singer. She was the one that was picked to sing if front of her classmates.
Yes. But... she left her husband right after she won that contest. It was a big issue in Sweden which was to plague her for years afterwards. But she moved on, like she always did
@@janahcoaching don't get me wrong, I love Frida. But what kind of a woman desert her own children to pursue fame and fortune? That's the only thing that I don't like about her.
Moi qui croyais connaître frida la je suis surpris hier comme aujourd'hui je découvre comme beaucoup son début de carrière si on pouvait revenir un seul instant et découvrir cette dame qui a et bercera nos vie
je me demande pourquoi ont n'a pas fait attention à cette très belle voix de la très jeune et belle jeûne Femme FRIDA en année 1967 dans cette chanson elle a fait preuve de la grande capacité et belle voix que l'avenir Fait preuve d'une très grande chanteuse
@@PMMagro no one was "picked". It fell together simply because they were Benny and Bjorn's partner/wife, happened to be singers and the boys got them in on sessions they were doing. They'd had a pretty disastrous start as a foursome doing a "Festfolk" cabaret show with forced jokes and skits etc. and had pretty much given up on the idea of being a group. The ABBA thing all just happened organically.
I believe Frida at her most beautiful was prettier in a more classical and symmetrical way than Agnetha, but when she looked her worst, with bad perms, Agnetha stood out. Also, blondes were very much in vogue in the 70s. They were the Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith of their day, both pretty, but different.
Oh my lord... My ears are melting... 😍I always loved jazz since i was a little girl but now... Now, this is another level of classy, taste, voice, elegance... I can't help it ...I ADORE YOU ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD 💕 ✨ 🙏🏻 God bless you forever. Besos desde Mallorca 😘
3:35 min she saw someone and made her feel... Nervious in a good way. Maybe Mr Andersson was in the crowd 🤔 🤭😍 in fact she turned again 3:51 and smile again trying to concentred on the lyrics hahaha 🥰🥰SHE IS AMAZING ❤️
For those of you that don't understand Swedish, this is a few years before ABBA, she's asked what she does "I'm married with 2 children" then he asks if that stands in the way of her career. DANG! what would come after would be the biggest band of the entire 1970s!
Born 1945. An orphaned "war baby". Offspring of German soldier and Norwegian girl. Taken to Sweden at 18 months old and raised by her seamstress grandmother. - Identified in grade school for her vocal talent and keen ear. - Took stage in 1956 - Pro in 1958, age 13. - Fronted bands/orchestras. - 1963-66: Anni-Frid Four / Anni-Frid & Gunnar Trio. - 1964 won national best vocalist award - 1967 National Best Vocalist win! Her big break!!! - 19667-72: EMI Sweden, TV Shows, Charlie Norman Show and Band, Radio Shows, Touring, modeling, etc... 1972 - ABBA
@@uselessjoe Frida was born 15 Nov 1945. Her mother, Synni Lyngstad died Sep 1947. Her German soldier father was presumed dead after his ship was sunk in 1945. She was without a mom and dad. She was orphaned, and raised by her grandmother in Sweden. Frida applied for Swedish citizen at age 16. Synni died (poisoned/killed) of kidney failure. Frida and her loved ones and close friends only know what really happened to her mother and how she died. The official cause of death was kidney failure. But many think Frida's mom was murdered for having a relationship with a German soldier. Synni was healthy one day and the next day she was deathly ill and quickly passed away from kidney failure/poison, etc... Frida was too young to remember her mother. She did take her name, Synni, which is part of her official name, used particularly after Frida became a Princess after marrying a Prince. Synni and Frida were unwanted in Norway and could not live a proper life in Norway. The Lyngstad's knew this, so Frida was taken to Sweden and raised by her grandmother. This was all reported in the mid 70's. ABBA were HUGE back then, so it was reported on after an investigation -- everyone knew about Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha's background, but nobody knew about Frida's parents, background, so it was natural for reporters to start digging around. Her father's German son read an article, 1977, in a German magazine on ABBA along with a companion article about Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The article named her full mother's name and full father's name. It mentioned she was fathered by a German soldier in early 1945. The son did some further research and asked his dad if he was stationed in Varnik, Norway during WW2 and if he had a relationship with Synni Lyngstad, a Norwegian girl. He said yes. The son then presented his dad with a full sized ABBA/Frida poster and told his dad -- this is your daughter, Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA! Frida was told as a little girl her father was a German soldier and was killed (ship sunk) in 1945 before she was born. All she had was a photo of her dad, presumably given to her by her grandmother or Norwegian relatives as a young girl. So in 1977, when she got a phone call, through ABBA/Polar Music, it was a huge shock. After ABBA/Polar Music verified it was not a hoax a meeting was arranged. Alfred, flew to Stockholm. Benny & his friend picked up Alfred at the airport as Frida waited at home. It was reported that Frida broke down in tears and overwhelmed meeting her father at age 32, thinking for all these years he was killed in 1945. WOW! Imagine what was going through her mind. All those years without a mom and dad and then at age 32, your dad is at your door step. Frida's entire life story is incredible.
@@uselessjoe When a child loses a parent, they are orphaned. That is the definition of being an orphan. Just because a child is raised by someone other than a biological parent does not mean that child is not an orphan. That is not easy not having parents and particularly learning as a little girl the events that led to her unfortunate situation. Her grandmother, who's husband had passed and her six children were grown and on there own, now became Frida's guardian. She was a seamstress who worked very long hours to make ends meet, which left Frida all alone. They lived in a small apartment in poor part of town. She was a latchkey kid. Always home alone. No adult supervision. She felt unwanted. Unwanted by her home country. No mom and dad. Her grandmother was not affectionate towards Frida. She was a sad and lonely kid. She ended up growing up very fast and by the time she was 13, a professional vocalist, and making her own way. Re: grade school and church choir Frida's teachers, thankfully recognized Frida had a great vocal skills and a keen ear. She became the schools "entertainer" on Fridays and eventually took bigger and bigger stages. Frida also sang in the church choir. She was sweeping all the talent hunts. She set a goal in grade school she was going to be a successful singer so she could buy candy and things. In 1956, she was elected Children's Day Princess. From 1956-58 she performed in charity events, not yet legal to turn pro. In 1958, she turned 13, although still not legal, she was hired to front an orchestra. She had already garnered respect by seasoned musicians. She was known for being an extremely hard worker, a perfectionist and easy to work with and an ambitious drive to succeed. That is kinda Frida's lost childhood. Basically, became an adult at a very young age, and started earning her own way at age 13.
Even at such a young age she is such a total pro and a complete virtuoso. The technical skill, the range, the fact that she did this with a band she didn’t know without rehearsal on live tv and was clearly terrified at first. WOW. I will always come back and listen to this from time to time, just to marvel at it.
Pau Alí Alkhatib Andrés Agnetha was NOT the lead singer of ABBA. Both women had about the same number of leads in the whole repertoire of the group... it was about 1/3 Agnetha, 1/3 Frida and 1/3 both as lead, with a few songs where Björn sang lead. Frida’s songs are Super Trooper, Fernando, I Have a Dream, When All is Said and Done, Money, Money, Money, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Like An Angel Passing Through My Room, One Man, One Woman, etc... actually, if you compare her leads to Agnetha’s, more of her songs were hits. Both women were amazing, but there was no lead singer of the group. They each shared that pretty equally
Agnetha had zero album title track leads. Of the 8 studio albums: - 3 both girls (Ring Ring, Waterloo, Voulez-Vous). - 1 instrumental/vocalizing (Arrival). - 2 non-song album titles (ABBA and The Album). - 2 Frida (Super Trouper and The Visitors). Frida had more #1's than Agnetha as lead. Frida held down all the live shows and was indeed defacto lead on stage and in studio. See ABBA Bright Lights Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm. ABBA biggest #1 hit that stayed #1 the longest on major chart was 'Fernando' - 14 weeks #1 Australia Charts. ABBA hit the big time with 'Arrival' album and their first non-album single 'Fernando'. Frida's leads were used in promo's to sell that album. They also used a Frida single 'Fernando' off her solo album . Tgey kept the melody and re-wrote the song with english lyrics. Both Frida's Swedish version and ABBA's Frida lead 'Fernando' were hugely successful. Both ABBA's 'ARRIVAL' album & Frida Ensum (Frida Alone) album were hugely successful. A win-win-win for Polar, ABBA and Frida. 'Arrival' era top songs: 1. Fernando (first non-album single, which was incorporated into 'Arrival' album) 2) Dancing Queen 3) Money Money Money 4) Knowing Me, Knowing You All these songs were Frida lead. Dancing Queen is both girls but Frida is leading Agnetha, particularly the verses. All of them singing the chorus. Those four songs were all huge for ABBA and put ABBA into orbit with the huge success of 'ARRIVAL' album. ABBA had arrived -- big time. See the promo's during the Arrival era. Frida was used to sell that album. Also, see 'ABBA-Dabba-Doo' TV program and promo for 'Arrival'. Listen to the interviews. Frida very prominent. ________ ABBA: Bright Lights Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm Benny, Bjorn and Michael Tretow, ABBA's engineer, considered Frida a master vocalist. - technically perfect - can sing in all 12 keys - versatile, multiple genre - keen sense of pitch - Frida was ABBA's defacto lead both on live stage and in studio. 1972, ABBA officially formed. They toured Sweden, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Frida was the vocal and physical lead on live shows. - Agnetha was not a very strong LIVE singer. Frida was a very strong LIVE singer/performer. Frida started at age 10 on stage. Swept the talent hunts. Pro at age 13, 1958 1958-1967: indie artist 1964: Won a major Best Vocalist award 1964- Anni-Frid Four (2.5 years) 1967: National Best Vocalist winner 1967-1972: EMI Sweden, TV Shows, Touring, Modeling, etc.... 1969: met Benny, hit top of charts - 1972: ABBA Agnetha was record label studio pop singer before ABBA. Not very much live stage experience
Today is the *5* year anniversary of when you uploaded this video. 🤓 EDIT- 10:15 P.M.: *finishes video 12 minutes later* I couldn't understand a word of what Frida was saying but I can tell that she sang well.
I have always only had this superficial surface knowledge of ABBA. I am a little too young for the band to be more than something my parents listened to, though I know all their songs. And always have I been most into Agnetha because... long, blond hair. Dunno. Frida has always just been the other woman with the "Old-person-hair" (In most of her appearances with ABBA she simply just have this old-woman hair, which probably was very modern back then :D). All that has changed now. Man... she is wonderful. And beautiful. And VERY talented. How could I have missed this for so many years?!?? I have spend the past two hours, after seeing this earlier tonight, rewatching all ABBA videos, and my impression of her has just turned 180 because of this performance. Amazing! Thx for uploading...
@@Bornin1658 I know... What is your point? My point is during my whole life I have sort of overlooked Frida, because of Agnetha. But I already wrote that. So again: What is your point?
@@HKragh I know.. it’s just weird how you’re talking more about ABBA and Agnetha in Fridas solo career. And the random “Old-person hair” caught me off guard but whatever.
@@Bornin1658 Well, we could start by agreeing that Frida, as a singer, is not defined by her solo career 50 years back, but by ABBA. And then accept that my comment about her was a mirror on myself, and how shallow my view of her was. Which was the whole point of my comment
Frida had two children. Hans, her boy, was born in 1963. Lisa-Lotte, her daughter, was born in 1967. Not long before this TV performance. Unfortunately Lisa-Lotte was killed in a car accident in 1998.
I don't like that song she sings only because I've never heard of the song, I don't understand the meaning or understand the language and because I wasn't born in that era to listen to that type of music.
Lol this is the most superficial comment I’ve ever seen. Who cares if you don’t understand the language or wasn’t born in that era? I am young myself but enjoy all music from the 1900’s!! I don’t speak Swedish either but music is there to feel the groove, it’s a feeling. It’s not an overanalyzing of whether or not you understand the words or can’t like certain music because you were born in a different era.
Sorry but I do not agree with the opinion of many Agnetha followers in saying that she was the lead voice of Abba and that she has practically been the most recognized in the group. They are all talented and Frida is as beautiful as Agnetha and she has a fantastic and wonderful voice, she also sang very important songs throughout the Abba Era, for me both were equally relevant, none more than the other. Now in her old age Frida looks beautiful just as she was when she was young.
For me Frida was the hottest and wo her there is no Abba. Her timbre was the most beautiful
A few things to consider here:
- Frida had come directly to the studio from a singing contest which she won.
- This was her first time on television.
- This is live to air.
- Frida is nervous as all get out - yet once she starts singing she is suddenly doing what she was born to do. It's remarkable to watch the transformation.
- NO rehearsal. The musicians can be seen having sheet music handed to them so they can play the song.
- The last 30 seconds, featuring Frida's scat singing and stratospheric, eye watering high notes, is completely ad libbed and the musicians are just playing along with her.
- We are extremely lucky to be able to view this tape. It was considered a lost performance until about 2002 when SVT located the tape and aired the show in its entirety.
- The reason for this live show was to encourage people to stay home and watch TV while the country's street signs were changed for right hand driving the following day. Up to this point, you drove on the left in Sweden 🇸🇪.
And also she had to return home by walk approximately 20 km as her last bus had come.
thank you for these pieces of information!
@@80spolishdiva24 I didn't know that! Worth it in the end though
Woww
Muy interesante, gracias por la información
She looks so beautiful, still beautiful till now, and her voice is so elegant and gracious.
She was beautiful and still is! Had a voice that was powerful and angelic at the same time!
God I love her. Always has been my favourite singer just something about her and her voice that moves me.
I think i have a little crush on her😭😍
Only a "little" crush?
Such a beautiful vioce perfect song.
It's a pity there are no subtitles here. At the start, Lennart Hyland is talking about the two pianists. Frida had just arrived from winning the 'Barnens Dag' singing contest at Skansen and didn't know she was going to appearing on live TV shortly after. She handed them a note with a rough draft of the song arrangement and that is what they are discussing. This performance is completely unrehearsed, so much so,, she's not even familiar with the different microphone. For a TV debut, it's remarkable.
There are subtitles in the version included on Frida The DVD.
There is a version with sub titles. Although her nerves were showing she answered a rather personal question with real tact. The mc inquired about her young children not being here and politley said they are with theyre dad. Thats where you hear the applause
Amazing vocal sound and control. Without any effort at all. Shes actually the more dominant voice in abba, she and agnetha had equall number of leads but when it comes to shared lead, shes the more unmistakeable voice. And if you can bury a voice like agnetha's, well you really are incredible
Nobody buried Agnetha's voice. When Agnetha and Frida sing together it becomes a 'third voice' almost. Practically impossible to separate the two, such was the incredible alchemy.
@@ekerowillow1610I can hear them seperately when they sing together… typically the are singing slightly different parts in harmony. I think Frida had wider range and more power, while Agnetha had more emotion. Both ladies brought something special to the group. The men were gifted songwriters, but they were lucky they fell in love with such amazingly talented women.
Well Anni-Frid was singing on stage long before everything really started...
Wow a lounge singer at 22 years old. Stunning beauty. The year of 1967 when i was born.
She was 22, had two kids, and had been performing since age 13-14. She is great.
I agree with you,but I just got that she performes since age11.
1956, she took the stage. She swept all the talent hunts. Her teachers in grade school identified her for her vocal skills and her keen ear.
Before she took the stage in 1956, she was the schools singer. She was the one that was picked to sing if front of her classmates.
Yes. But... she left her husband right after she won that contest. It was a big issue in Sweden which was to plague her for years afterwards. But she moved on, like she always did
@@gonzalov5452 She was a wife and a mother in her early youth. I don't blame her for wanting to pursue singing.
@@janahcoaching don't get me wrong, I love Frida. But what kind of a woman desert her own children to pursue fame and fortune? That's the only thing that I don't like about her.
FRIDA was only 22 here :-D
21 actually. She would turn 22 a couple of months later.
Голос замечательный!❤❤❤
Фрида, ты не прсто молодец, ты умница!!!!!🤩💥🥰🤣✌🖐
What an incredible language. What a cutie she is.....
Great women great singer beautiful
Sie war für die musik geboren eine weltstimme grossartig
Frida is Norwegian Born 🇳🇴 and I’m a 🇳🇴 Norwegian-American 🇺🇸
Moi qui croyais connaître frida la je suis surpris hier comme aujourd'hui je découvre comme beaucoup son début de carrière si on pouvait revenir un seul instant et découvrir cette dame qui a et bercera nos vie
Absolutely fantastic!
принцесса😍😍😍😍
Belleza y talento de sobra, mi favorita de ABBA.
Jazz en Svenska! Alltför bra!!
Hun er norsk
A voz dela é algo incrível.
So? No one asked you anything.
@@wilsonramos. She Said her voice is incredible
@@wilsonramos. I think UA-cam translated her words wrong to you...
Svenska Jazz så bra 😭❤️
What a beautiful woman! Oh, and she sings quite well too :-)
Amazing jazzy voice. Step outside, Ella.
What a range
Frida & I are both Norwegians 🇳🇴
Jag älskar den här fina låten av (Östen Varnebring) med underbara Annefrid
Frida is fantástic. For me, Her voice is more beautiful than Agnetha
That is true, you don't really get to hear Frida sing in any songs because they're always harmonising, but Agnetha still has a beautiful voice.
That’s not true, she has a lot of standout songs. Like knowing me, knowing you, super trouper, Fernando, etc. She sounds amazing on those songs!
@@soulserenade.kcn1992 and Andante Andante, Gonna Sing You My Lovesong just two more fabulous Frida vocals.
"Put on your white sombrero" is very amazing song!!! ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Она действительно поет и поет до сих пор. Но не Агнета.
Wunderschöne Frau mit traumhafter Stimme. Sie war in der Gruppe Abba genauso wichtig. Ich hätte sie gern öfter einen Solpart singen hören.
Wow! So amazing at such a young age, 22. Fabulous. Great video.
Как классно! Как хорошо что есть youtube где публикуют такие записи
Amazing live performance which is so much better than the studio version.
Piękna kobieta!! Cudownie śpiewa. W moich młodych latach byłem w niej zakochany.
♥️♥️♥️ A ♥️The 🌹Great 👑 Brilliante 💎 Angel 😇 Vocal 👑♥️♥️♥️
je me demande pourquoi ont n'a pas fait attention à cette très belle voix de la très jeune et belle jeûne Femme FRIDA en année 1967 dans cette chanson elle a fait preuve de la grande capacité et belle voix que l'avenir Fait preuve d'une très grande chanteuse
No se una palabra de sueco, pero se oye muy bonito.
👍Спасибо , за предоставленное видео !😍
It seems she has the right voice to opera she did a whistle register 5:58 here
she did singing lessons with an opera singer when she was a teenager!
@@swiftsbetty I didn’t know it, glad u told me 😁
There’s some videos on UA-cam where she’s singing opera just to fool around and girl can get super high.
É uma Bossa!!! 🇧🇷
Sempre maravilhosa!❤
Por isto veio a formar tal dupla com Agnetha como todos viram, incrível.
She reminds me a great brazilian singer #Maysa ... Both beautiful!!
Voz perfeita. Sem defeitos! 🇧🇷❤🎶
So THIS is the woman who 'couldn't compare with Agnetha's looks and voice.'
It was no coincident Frida & Agneta where singers in ABBA. They could have picked anyone but wanted theese two as they where great...
Frida es messoprano cada una en lo suyo no pueden v
Comparar los registros de voces
The people who said that just have bad tastes, that's all.
@@PMMagro no one was "picked". It fell together simply because they were Benny and Bjorn's partner/wife, happened to be singers and the boys got them in on sessions they were doing. They'd had a pretty disastrous start as a foursome doing a "Festfolk" cabaret show with forced jokes and skits etc. and had pretty much given up on the idea of being a group. The ABBA thing all just happened organically.
I believe Frida at her most beautiful was prettier in a more classical and symmetrical way than Agnetha, but when she looked her worst, with bad perms, Agnetha stood out. Also, blondes were very much in vogue in the 70s. They were the Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith of their day, both pretty, but different.
Какая красавица!
Oh my lord... My ears are melting... 😍I always loved jazz since i was a little girl but now... Now, this is another level of classy, taste, voice, elegance... I can't help it ...I ADORE YOU ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD 💕 ✨ 🙏🏻 God bless you forever. Besos desde Mallorca 😘
3:35 min she saw someone and made her feel... Nervious in a good way. Maybe Mr Andersson was in the crowd 🤔 🤭😍 in fact she turned again 3:51 and smile again trying to concentred on the lyrics hahaha 🥰🥰SHE IS AMAZING ❤️
Such a cute little Bird. :-)
For those of you that don't understand Swedish, this is a few years before ABBA, she's asked what she does "I'm married with 2 children" then he asks if that stands in the way of her career. DANG! what would come after would be the biggest band of the entire 1970s!
Ela tem uma voz tão linda
Born 1945. An orphaned "war baby". Offspring of German soldier and Norwegian girl. Taken to Sweden at 18 months old and raised by her seamstress grandmother.
- Identified in grade school for her vocal talent and keen ear.
- Took stage in 1956
- Pro in 1958, age 13.
- Fronted bands/orchestras.
- 1963-66: Anni-Frid Four / Anni-Frid & Gunnar Trio.
- 1964 won national best vocalist award
- 1967 National Best Vocalist win!
Her big break!!!
- 19667-72: EMI Sweden, TV Shows, Charlie Norman Show and Band, Radio Shows, Touring, modeling, etc...
1972 - ABBA
she was not "orphaned." as her mother and then grandmother raised her... and she later met her father in 1978
@@uselessjoe Frida was born 15 Nov 1945. Her mother, Synni Lyngstad died Sep 1947.
Her German soldier father was presumed dead after his ship was sunk in 1945.
She was without a mom and dad. She was orphaned, and raised by her grandmother in Sweden.
Frida applied for Swedish citizen at age 16.
Synni died (poisoned/killed) of kidney failure. Frida and her loved ones and close friends only know what really happened to her mother and how she died.
The official cause of death was kidney failure. But many think Frida's mom was murdered for having a relationship with a German soldier.
Synni was healthy one day and the next day she was deathly ill and quickly passed away from kidney failure/poison, etc...
Frida was too young to remember her mother. She did take her name, Synni, which is part of her official name, used particularly after Frida became a Princess after marrying a Prince.
Synni and Frida were unwanted in Norway and could not live a proper life in Norway. The Lyngstad's knew this, so Frida was taken to Sweden and raised by her grandmother.
This was all reported in the mid 70's. ABBA were HUGE back then, so it was reported on after an investigation -- everyone knew about Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha's background, but nobody knew about Frida's parents, background, so it was natural for reporters to start digging around.
Her father's German son read an article, 1977, in a German magazine on ABBA along with a companion article about Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The article named her full mother's name and full father's name. It mentioned she was fathered by a German soldier in early 1945.
The son did some further research and asked his dad if he was stationed in Varnik, Norway during WW2 and if he had a relationship with Synni Lyngstad, a Norwegian girl. He said yes. The son then presented his dad with a full sized ABBA/Frida poster and told his dad -- this is your daughter, Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA!
Frida was told as a little girl her father was a German soldier and was killed (ship sunk) in 1945 before she was born. All she had was a photo of her dad, presumably given to her by her grandmother or Norwegian relatives as a young girl.
So in 1977, when she got a phone call, through ABBA/Polar Music, it was a huge shock. After ABBA/Polar Music verified it was not a hoax a meeting was arranged.
Alfred, flew to Stockholm. Benny & his friend picked up Alfred at the airport as Frida waited at home.
It was reported that Frida broke down in tears and overwhelmed meeting her father at age 32, thinking for all these years he was killed in 1945. WOW!
Imagine what was going through her mind. All those years without a mom and dad and then at age 32, your dad is at your door step.
Frida's entire life story is incredible.
@@danbike9 no news here...I still contend since her grandmother raised her, she isn't an orphan...
@@uselessjoe When a child loses a parent, they are orphaned. That is the definition of being an orphan.
Just because a child is raised by someone other than a biological parent does not mean that child is not an orphan. That is not easy not having parents and particularly learning as a little girl the events that led to her unfortunate situation.
Her grandmother, who's husband had passed and her six children were grown and on there own, now became Frida's guardian.
She was a seamstress who worked very long hours to make ends meet, which left Frida all alone.
They lived in a small apartment in poor part of town. She was a latchkey kid. Always home alone. No adult supervision. She felt unwanted. Unwanted by her home country. No mom and dad. Her grandmother was not affectionate towards Frida. She was a sad and lonely kid.
She ended up growing up very fast and by the time she was 13, a professional vocalist, and making her own way.
Re: grade school and church choir
Frida's teachers, thankfully recognized Frida had a great vocal skills and a keen ear. She became the schools "entertainer" on Fridays and eventually took bigger and bigger stages. Frida also sang in the church choir. She was sweeping all the talent hunts. She set a goal in grade school she was going to be a successful singer so she could buy candy and things.
In 1956, she was elected Children's Day Princess. From 1956-58 she performed in charity events, not yet legal to turn pro. In 1958, she turned 13, although still not legal, she was hired to front an orchestra. She had already garnered respect by seasoned musicians.
She was known for being an extremely hard worker, a perfectionist and easy to work with and an ambitious drive to succeed.
That is kinda Frida's lost childhood. Basically, became an adult at a very young age, and started earning her own way at age 13.
@@danbike9 nothing there sounds like an orphan...orphans don't go pro at 13...had years of training and that wasn't from being left alone..
какая милая..обаятельная..талантливая голосок ангельский.женщина шарм
Even at such a young age she is such a total pro and a complete virtuoso. The technical skill, the range, the fact that she did this with a band she didn’t know without rehearsal on live tv and was clearly terrified at first. WOW. I will always come back and listen to this from time to time, just to marvel at it.
Красиво! Орск смотрит!
To Frida your voice is amazing
Still wondering why Agnetha always sang as lead singer in ABBA. Frida has such talent!
Pau Alí Alkhatib Andrés Agnetha was NOT the lead singer of ABBA. Both women had about the same number of leads in the whole repertoire of the group... it was about 1/3 Agnetha, 1/3 Frida and 1/3 both as lead, with a few songs where Björn sang lead. Frida’s songs are Super Trooper, Fernando, I Have a Dream, When All is Said and Done, Money, Money, Money, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Like An Angel Passing Through My Room, One Man, One Woman, etc... actually, if you compare her leads to Agnetha’s, more of her songs were hits. Both women were amazing, but there was no lead singer of the group. They each shared that pretty equally
Graphic Jack Oh thanks. My bad
Frida sang lead on a large number of songs.
If you look at the UK top 5 list, Frida beats Agnetha 3-1. The other song was Dancing Queen which had no lead.
Agnetha had zero album title track leads. Of the 8 studio albums:
- 3 both girls (Ring Ring, Waterloo, Voulez-Vous).
- 1 instrumental/vocalizing (Arrival).
- 2 non-song album titles (ABBA and The Album).
- 2 Frida (Super Trouper and The Visitors).
Frida had more #1's than Agnetha as lead.
Frida held down all the live shows and was indeed defacto lead on stage and in studio. See
ABBA Bright Lights Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm.
ABBA biggest #1 hit that stayed #1 the longest on major chart was 'Fernando' - 14 weeks #1 Australia Charts.
ABBA hit the big time with 'Arrival' album and their first non-album single 'Fernando'. Frida's leads were used in promo's to sell that album. They also used a Frida single 'Fernando' off her solo album . Tgey kept the melody and re-wrote the song with english lyrics. Both Frida's Swedish version and ABBA's Frida lead 'Fernando' were hugely successful.
Both ABBA's 'ARRIVAL' album & Frida Ensum (Frida Alone) album were hugely successful. A win-win-win for Polar, ABBA and Frida.
'Arrival' era top songs:
1. Fernando (first non-album single, which was incorporated into 'Arrival' album)
2) Dancing Queen
3) Money Money Money
4) Knowing Me, Knowing You
All these songs were Frida lead. Dancing Queen is both girls but Frida is leading Agnetha, particularly the verses. All of them singing the chorus.
Those four songs were all huge for ABBA and put ABBA into orbit with the huge success of 'ARRIVAL' album. ABBA had arrived -- big time. See the promo's during the Arrival era. Frida was used to sell that album. Also, see 'ABBA-Dabba-Doo' TV program and promo for 'Arrival'. Listen to the interviews. Frida very prominent.
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ABBA: Bright Lights Dark Shadows by Carl Magnus Palm
Benny, Bjorn and Michael Tretow, ABBA's engineer, considered Frida a master vocalist.
- technically perfect
- can sing in all 12 keys
- versatile, multiple genre
- keen sense of pitch
- Frida was ABBA's defacto lead both on live stage and in studio. 1972, ABBA officially formed. They toured Sweden, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Frida was the vocal and physical lead on live shows.
- Agnetha was not a very strong LIVE singer. Frida was a very strong LIVE singer/performer.
Frida started at age 10 on stage.
Swept the talent hunts.
Pro at age 13, 1958
1958-1967: indie artist
1964: Won a major Best Vocalist award
1964- Anni-Frid Four (2.5 years)
1967: National Best Vocalist winner
1967-1972: EMI Sweden, TV Shows, Touring, Modeling, etc....
1969: met Benny, hit top of charts
- 1972: ABBA
Agnetha was record label studio pop singer before ABBA. Not very much live stage experience
To Frida u had amazing voice and wow
Анна-Фрида на каком языке пела песню ? На шведском или немецком? ❤🇷🇺👍
шведском
@@inomadi100 спасибо, но мне показалось, что в песне проскакивали немецкие фразы.
Seems like somebody hinted her to lower the microphone to chin level at 3:35.
And at 3:50 too.
Still amateur and yet already a total pro!
The young Frida was only 22 here :-)
Actually, she was still only 21, about two months short of her 22nd birthday.
Gorgeous indeed she is.
ЭТИ КРАСИВЫЕ ГОЛОСА ДОПОЛНЯЛИ ДРУГ-ДРУГА..... ИНАЧЕ НЕ БЫЛО БЫ .... АВВА .. КТО СОГЛАСЕН ?
Incrível!😍
Anni-frid was beautiful but gets overshadowed
Demasiado linda 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Ese mismo dia suecia dejo de manejar por la izquierda
Lovely!!!
Wow!
Очень похоже на советскую эстраду тех годов.
Beautiful.
starts a 2:38
Today is the *5* year anniversary of when you uploaded this video. 🤓
EDIT- 10:15 P.M.: *finishes video 12 minutes later*
I couldn't understand a word of what Frida was saying but I can tell that she sang well.
50 years ago today!!!
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4:33
I have always only had this superficial surface knowledge of ABBA. I am a little too young for the band to be more than something my parents listened to, though I know all their songs. And always have I been most into Agnetha because... long, blond hair. Dunno. Frida has always just been the other woman with the "Old-person-hair" (In most of her appearances with ABBA she simply just have this old-woman hair, which probably was very modern back then :D).
All that has changed now. Man... she is wonderful. And beautiful. And VERY talented. How could I have missed this for so many years?!?? I have spend the past two hours, after seeing this earlier tonight, rewatching all ABBA videos, and my impression of her has just turned 180 because of this performance. Amazing! Thx for uploading...
This video isn’t about Agnetha though? it’s about her solo career not abba lmao
@@Bornin1658 I know... What is your point? My point is during my whole life I have sort of overlooked Frida, because of Agnetha. But I already wrote that. So again: What is your point?
@@HKragh I know.. it’s just weird how you’re talking more about ABBA and Agnetha in Fridas solo career. And the random “Old-person hair” caught me off guard but whatever.
@@Bornin1658 Well, we could start by agreeing that Frida, as a singer, is not defined by her solo career 50 years back, but by ABBA.
And then accept that my comment about her was a mirror on myself, and how shallow my view of her was. Which was the whole point of my comment
Frida has.many song she sings lead. For example, knowing me knowing you, Fernando, one man one woman, when all is said and done
This song sounds a square european bossa nova. Faaar away from samba.
Мило!
Обалденная женщина , да )
👍
WHISTLE NOTE AT THE END 😍😍
@5:30
5:58 Fiona of Shrek?
2:40
What a sort - blokes rave over the blonde one but she was even hornier IMHO
I think, that blonds as grey mouse's.
The darker hair in Alba, made her looked old. She should have blond hair, as in like here ! Frida is so beautiful !
Old? What
She doesn’t have blonde hair here. She is a natural brunette.
Anni-Frid is beautiful with all colors of hairs. She is perfect woman!
Frida never had kids that was agnetha bjorn had a little baby boy 🎉🎉🎉😊😊
Frida had two children. Hans, her boy, was born in 1963.
Lisa-Lotte, her daughter, was born in 1967. Not long before this TV performance.
Unfortunately Lisa-Lotte was killed in a car accident in 1998.
Anni-Frid had son seventeen years old. Agneta had daughter only twenty three years old.
I don't like that song she sings only because I've never heard of the song, I don't understand the meaning or understand the language and because I wasn't born in that era to listen to that type of music.
Lol this is the most superficial comment I’ve ever seen. Who cares if you don’t understand the language or wasn’t born in that era? I am young myself but enjoy all music from the 1900’s!! I don’t speak Swedish either but music is there to feel the groove, it’s a feeling. It’s not an overanalyzing of whether or not you understand the words or can’t like certain music because you were born in a different era.
*He is 22 years old but looks 35 years old.*
She is looking very young. Still Anni-Frid looks fine. Agneta as old grandma.
She's my maternal Second Cousin