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THE GODDESS

AGNETHA FÄLTSKOG We hope to expand this into the ultimate tribute to THE Goddess herself. In time we will include more pictures and information about Agnetha. NEW AGNETHA PICTURE GALLERY

AGNETHA: CASUAL & COOL!

The Mail on Sunday (11/4/99) reported on Agnetha’s life, saying that she lives as a ‘Garbo’-like recluse and suffers from paranoia, depression & has psychiatric help!
Not a glamorous picture they have painted of our Agnetha. The article is filled with flaws from start to finish so it really doesn’t achieve anything.
Agnetha has for years had to suffer the cruel stories printed about her in the Swedish press, is it now the UK gutter press’s turn to tell the lies?
The picture opposite printed in the Mails article about Agnetha would have you believe this is how Agnetha looks all the time as she runs in tears from anyone who comes near her. Excuse me, but we all look normal (like this) in our own private time, is she expected to dress to the nines to go for a simple walk? The reporter says that she approached Agnetha and she ran away from her shouting ‘I want to be left alone’! Funny, as when I met Agnetha she was the one who stopped her car and wound down her window for me to talk to her! She happily signed things for me and talked for some time about, holidays (hers and mine), Australia and more.
The article also refers to Agnetha carrying an umbrella with her and clutching it for dear life, even though it was not raining (at that minute) and trying to suggest she’s a nutter.
Our other pictures show Agnetha just this year appearing in public, looking simply beautiful and fully at ease with the attention. And yet another picture to prove our point.
The English press have joined the Swedish press in hounding Agnetha and this will only result in her pulling back to protect her private life, because after all this is all she is doing. Is it a crime to want to live her life in peace and have privacy?

AGNETHA FÄLTSKOG - THAT'S ME - THE GREATEST HITS LYRICS AND MORE

as I am Agnetha Ase Fältskog was born in the south of Sweden in a town called Jonkopking on April 5th 1950. Her father, a local entertainer gave Agnetha her first experience as a preformer at the age of six when she sang BILLY BOY in front of an audience of elderly folk at a christmas concert helped by Agnetha's pappa. Agnetha can recall this event and her mother will always remind her just in case she forgets as during the song, Agnetha felt the elastic in her pants give way and they fell down! But that aside it pushed Agnetha on to writing her own songs, and learning to play the piano. By the age of 15 , Agnetha was singing with a local dance band in Jonkoping and also making guest appearances with other bands. A local talent scout named Little Gerhard was sent a tape and on this tape was Agnetha singing background vocals etc. Gerhard was so impressed with her voice he asked for a full audition tape from Agnetha. She was now 17 and she sent him a tape with a song she had written herself called JAG VAR SÅ KÄR. After hearing the tape he was even more impressed with her and invited her to Stockholm to record this song. Agnetha and her father travelled to Stockholm, for Agnetha, an experience she says she will never forget, hearing an orchestra playing something she had written. Within weeks she had signed to CBS-Cupol. Her first single went to number 1 on the charts and it kept going from there. By the end of the 60's she was one of Sweden's biggest female singers, having had numerous number 1 singles. In 1968/69 Agnetha was engaged to a German songwriter named Dieter Zimmerman, they wrote a few songs together, and he was instrumental in the push to get Agnetha to record some songs in German, of which she ended up recording 16 tracks. but the relationship did not last and the end of 1969 was to see Agnetha's life take a different direction and a new romance was on the horizan. She was booked to appear on a televsion programme, and it was here she met and fell in love with Björn Ulvaeus. Björn was booked to appear on the same show and they were instantlly attracted to one another and by the next year had become engaged. Another step towards ABBA had begun............ Agnetha released a few solo LP's during the time with ABBA and they were very successful. She even wrote a song and performed it live during ABBA's 1979 world tour, I'M STILL ALIVE, has never been studio recorded, although it was recorded live in '79 but has never been officialy released. During the ABBA years Agnetha gave birth to her two children with Bjorn, Linda born '73 and Christian born in '77. In 1978 she and Bjorn announced they were to divorce after seven years of marriage. According to Agnetha they simply grew apart in their relationship, and to their credit they kept working together as good friends with ABBA, although it must have been very difficult at times. In 1983 Agnetha finally took up her solo career again and released the brilliant WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME album. In 1985 it became clear that ABBA may not record together again and she continued her solo career. She released her second English solo lp in 1985 - EYES OF A WOMAN. During this time the Swedish press were having a field day with her love life and she found everyday brought more and more false reports on her life, teaming her up with just about every man she was seen with. She finally took matters into her own hands and with help from Britta Ahman (later to write Agnetha's biography) they wrote on open letter to the press, and in the form of an interview cleared up a few matters that concerned Agnetha. This calmed them down a little for a short time and she went about getting on with her career. She starred in a Swedish movie called RASKENSTAM, it was a big hit in Sweden. In 1988 she teamed with American Peter Cetera to create her ultimate album the brilliant I STAND ALONE. Till now it seems this is her final solo album as she has not recorded anything since then. She stunned her fans when in 1990 she secretly married. The man in question, a Swedish surgeon named Thomas Sonnenfield. But tragically Agnetha's chance of lasting happiness ended 18 months later when the couple filed for divorce. After this she was rarely seen and tended to keep away from the media living a quiet and extreamly private life with her two children. In 1995 she was seen in public at the 50th birthday party for Bjorn. It was the first time she had been photographed by the press in 8 years and they went wild, she hit the front cover of the papers next day. But this was not to be a one off event. More and more she started to be 'seen'. She was again, all over the front of the newspapers when she attended the premiere of Bjorn and Bennys musical KRISTINA FRÅN DUVEMÅLA, as her and Björn's daughter, Linda had a small part in the show. By this time she had announced she was to write her autobiography and release a Greatest Hits CD. All an Agnetha fan could want and more, she was back! The book co-written with her friend of many years, Britta Åhman was released in late 1996, the book written in Swedish features many unpublished photos choosen by Agnetha, many from her own private collection. (An English translation is expected by mid '97.) The greatest hits collection, a double CD set was released at the same time and did quite well in Sweden. Will she ever record again? On this subject Agnetha says: "People think that I have closed all doors. That I am not interested in anything anymore. But I haven't closed any door. Neither about myself, nor movie roles,or singing again."
COMING SOON... AGNETHA'S COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY, PICTURES AND NEWS.