Agnetha Faltskog
Agnetha Faltskog
Agnetha Åse Fältskogis a Swedish recording artist. She achieved success in Sweden after the release of her debut album Agnetha Fältskog in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA, which has sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists in history...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth5 April 1950
CityJonkoping, Sweden
CountrySweden
When you love someone, and you've lost that one, then nothing really matters.
I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic.
I must be allowed to be as I am.
I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.
I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.
I have one pug and one Czechoslovakian dog called Prazsky krysarik.
I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.
My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.
The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.
My professional persona never loosens its grip, keeping an eye on me at all times.
I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow.
I just want to live in peace and quiet.
When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.