Bjorn Ulvaeus
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeusis a Swedish songwriter, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. He co-produced the film Mamma Mia! with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 April 1945
CityGothenburg, Sweden
CountrySweden
explore love north places seen travel walking
There are still many places I haven't seen that I'd like to travel to. I've never seen the Pyramids, and I'd love to explore the culture in North India. I think walking in the Andes would also be awesome.
faith religious believe
I believe that religious faith schools are highly dubious.
religious rights average
And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first.
rights strive humans
Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.
abba four people stage
I want people to remember ABBA as we were. I don't think that four geriatrics wheeled on stage is what we should leave as our legacy.
almost arena energy jogging late pacing remember runs shows
All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.
song inspiration writing
Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.
abba devoted sincere songs time
Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though. We were sincere and devoted to what we did.
amazed finished looking phenomenon sit
In a way, I'm kind of a bystander looking at this phenomenon that is ABBA, which is still around, and that I thought would be finished in 1981 and forgotten. I'm amazed how this could happen, and I don't know why it happened. I'm just grateful and humble. I just sit back and enjoy.
beginning chased girls music time
In the beginning of my career, I wanted to be chased by girls more than anything - that's why I got the guitar. By the time we were in ABBA, the music was the only important thing.
horses stockholm
Wild horses couldn't drag me away from a summer on the Stockholm archipelago.
jesus power years
The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.
people attention songwriters
Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.
believe religion sweden
I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden.