ABBA members reunite to receive top Swedish honour

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) The four members of iconic Swedish pop group ABBA reunited on Friday to receive one of the countrys top honours, the Royal Vasa Order, during a ceremony in the royal palace in Stockholm...

Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who rarely make public appearances together and are now in their 70s, were handed their orders from King Carl XVI Gustaf for very distinguished contributions within Swedish and international music life, according to the Royal Court...

The hugely popular group, which formed in 1972 and split in the early 1980s, has sold an estimated 385 million records and still has legions of fans around the world with enduring hits such as Dancing Queen, Thank You For The Music and Fernando...

Sweden this year resumed the awarding of chivalry orders to Swedes after a 50-year pause.. 2024 also marks 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest final in Britain in 1974 with the song Waterloo, bringing them to global attention...

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