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Anni-Frid Lyngstad facts: ABBA singer's age, husband, children, net worth and more revealed
9 May ,
Anna-Frid Lyngstad was one quarter of the world's biggest pop group of the s and 80s.
Along with Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus and former husband Benny Andersson, Frida helped create some of pop's finest-ever moments as part of ABBA.
Here are all the big facts all ABBA fans should know about Frida Lyngstad:
How old is Anni-Frid Lyngstad?
Anni-Frid was born on November 15,
She celebrated her 78th birthday in
Was Frida actually born in Sweden, and who was her father?
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Anni-Frid was born in Bjørkåsen, a small village in Ballangen near Narvik, in northern Norway.
She had a Norwegian mother, Synni (), and a German father, Alfred Haase (), who was a sergeant in the Wehrmacht, not long after the end of the Second World War.
In , Anni-Frid, her mother Synni, and her maternal grandmother Agny, left Norway, fearing reprisals against anyone who had dealings with the Germans during the occupation of the country.
She settled in Sweden with her grandmother, before her mother died of kidney failure aged just
Anni-Frid believed that her father had died during the war on his way back to Germany, as his ship was reported to have sunk. However, it was revealed in , thanks to a piece in the German teen magazine Bravo of all places, that he was alive.
Abba frida biography artists Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad [a] KVO1kl (born 15 November ), also known simply as Frida, is a Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA.Her half-brother, Peter Haase, asked his father if he had been in Ballangen during the war. A few months later, Anni-Frid met her father in Stockholm for the first time.
When did Anni-Frid join ABBA?
She began singing at the age of 13, and in she won the Swedish national talent competition New Faces, and won a recording contract.
After releasing a few records, in she participated in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest, and finished in fourth place.
Backstage she met her future husband and ABBA band mate Benny Andersson.
Benny produced her debut album Frida in , and a year later she agreed to join him alongside his friend Bjorn Ulvaeus and his girlfriend Agnetha Faltskog in a new group, ABBA.
When was Anni-Frid Lyngstad married to Benny Andersson?
After meeting in , the couple were living together by However, they did not marry until October 6 , during the height of ABBA's fame.
After just two years of marriage, they separated in , and were divorced in
Who was Anni-Frid Lyngstad's other husbands?
Before meeting Benny, she married salesperson and musician Ragnar Fredriksson in , aged They separated in , and were officially divorced in On the very same day, her grandmother died, aged
In , she relocated to Switzerland, and lived with her boyfriend, an architect named Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss, Count of Plauen, in his family castle in Fribourg.
In , she married Ruzzo.
In doing so, she became the stepmother of the Prince of Reuss of Plauen's two daughters, Princess Henriette Anna-Bess Helle Mette Reuss, Countess of Plauen, and Princess Pauline Margaretha Emma-Louise Mette Reuss, Countess of Plauen, who are twins.
Ruzzo died of lymphoma in October , leaving Anni-Frid known as the Dowager Princess of Reuss.
She currently shares a home with her British boyfriend Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden at Zermatt, Switzerland.
How many children does Anni-Frid Lyngstad have?
With Ragnar, Anni-Frid had two children: Hans (born ) and Ann Lise-Lotte (born ).
Ann tragically died at the age of 30 after a car accident in New York.
What is Anni-Frid Lyngstad's net worth?
Anni-Frid is estimated to have a net worth of around $ million (£m).