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    BJORN ULVAEUS

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    Bjorn Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg in the west of Sweden on April 25, . When he was eleven years old he moved to Vastervik, a small town on the east coast.

    At the same time he began to play and sing in a skiffle group. A few years later he became a member of a Dixieland band and dance orchestra where he played the banjo and guitar. At the beginning of the sixties the group reached the height of its fame in the style of the Kingston Trio. Bjorn became greatly influenced by their way of treating folk music and with some friends in the top class of Vastervik’s grammar school he started a new group with folk songs on the repertoire.

    Then in the autumn of it happened! Via an amateur competition organised by Sweden’s Radio-TV the Hootenanny Singers became popular virtually overnight. Hootenanny was, as most people know now, a big thing in the United States and it was natural the group should be called Hootenanny Singers. Since then Bjo

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    Bjorn Ulvaeus facts: ABBA singer's age, wife, children, net worth and more revealed

    9 May ,

    Bjorn Ulvaeus was one of the core writers behind one of pop's biggest ever bands: ABBA.

    Along with Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, he formed ABBA, aka the greatest pop grupp ever produced.

    Here are the main facts about Björn Ulvaeus every fan should know:

    1. How old fryst vatten Bjorn Ulvaeus?

      Bjorn Ulvaeus was born on April 25,

      He celebrated his 79th birthday in

    2. What songs did Bjorn Ulvaeus write for ABBA?

      Abba - SOS (Official Video)

      Along with Benny Andersson, Ulvaeus wrote many of ABBA's biggest hits, including 'Waterloo', 'SOS', 'Dancing Queen' and 'The Winner Takes it All'.

      Much like Benny, he rarely sang on the records as lead vocals were taken by Agnetha and Anni-Frid. However, he and Benny did sing lead on the hit single 'Does Your Mother Know'.

    3. Was he in any other bands before

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      Björn Ulvaeus

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      The beginnings

      Björn Kristian Ulvaeus was born in Göteborg (Gothenburg) in Sweden on April 25, When he was eleven years old, his family moved to Västervik in south-eastern part of Sweden. He started playing guitar in a folk group. At the ago of seventeen Björn called three of his musical pals together and told them that he wanted to form a jazz band.

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      The boys started playing together and one day during their practice sessions at Björn's home stirred his mother to fill in a form, entering them for an "looking for young talents&

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