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    Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad (born 15 November 1945 in Bjørkåsen in Ballangen

    Municipality, Norway) sang from the age of 13 with various dance bands, and worked
    mainly in a jazz-oriented cabaret style. She also formed her own band, the Anni-
    Frid Four. In the middle of 1967, she won a national talent competition with "En
    ledig dag" ("A Day Off"), a Swedish version of the bossa nova song "A Day in
    Portofino", which is included in the EMI compilation Frida 1967–1972. The first
    prize was a recording contract with EMI Sweden and to perform live on the most
    popular TV shows in the country. This TV performance, among many others, is
    included in the 3+1⁄2-hour documentary Frida – The DVD. Lyngstad released several
    schlager style singles on EMI with mixed success. When Benny Andersson started to
    produce her recordings in 1971, she had her first number-one single, "Min egen
    stad" ("My Own Town"), written by Benny and featuring all the future ABBA members
    on backing vocals. Lyngstad toured and performed regularly in the folkpark circuit
    and made appearances on radio and TV. She had a second number-one single with "Man
    Vill Ju Leva Lite Dessemellan" in late 1972. She had met Ulvaeus briefly in 1963
    during a talent contest, and Fältskog during a TV show in early 1968.

    Lyngstad linked up with her future bandmates in 1969. On 1 March 1969, she
    participated in the Melodifestival, where she met Andersson for the first time. A
    few weeks later they met again during a concert tour in southern Sweden and they
    soon became a couple. Andersson produced her single "Peter Pan" in September 1969—
    her first collaboration with Benny & Björn, as they had written the song. Andersson
    would then produce Lyngstad's debut studio album, Frida, which was released in
    March 1971. Lyngstad also played in several revues and cabaret shows in Stockholm
    between 1969 and 1973. After ABBA formed, she recorded another successful album in
    1975, Frida ensam, which included the original Swedish rendition of "Fernando", a
    hit on the Swedish radio charts before the English version was released by ABBA.
    [29] During filming of a Swedish TV special in May 1969, Fältskog met Ulvaeus and
    they married on 6 July 1971. Fältskog and Ulvaeus eventually were involved in each
    other's recording sessions,[30] and soon even Andersson and Lyngstad added backing
    vocals to Fältskog's third studio album, Som jag är ("As I Am") (1970). In 1972,
    Fältskog starred as Mary Magdalene in the original Swedish production of Jesus
    Christ Superstar and attracted favourable reviews. Between 1967 and 1975, Fältskog
    released five studio albums.[31]

    First live performance and the start of "Festfolket"

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