ABBA

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British Airways Agnetha and kinda revealing Frida having some off time in Sydney in March 1977.
Frida is wondering where her shades are... ; )

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The recordings for the new album were not going splendid so ABBA were ready for a break in the summer of 1978.

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Performing in white:
Agnetha during the ABBA 74/75 tour and Frida on the Olivia tv show in 1978.

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Rather goofy looking here but o so very talented: Bjorn and Benny in 1977.

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ABBA in 1974 before the big succes needed to start yet. Note Frida's perm really going through the roof... ; )

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Matching coats...
ABBA trying a hand at ice skating in Switserland, February 1979.

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Poster girls!
Agnetha and some flowers in 1974 and a well tanned Frida (lol) in 1976.

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Another watermark we will just have to ignore: ABBA taking a walk in 1976.

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Ready to go on the road:
Shady Agnetha and a paper reading Frida during ABBA's US tour in the fall of 1979.

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They were so not ready for their close up:
Agnetha in November 1981 and Frida in Holland in the summer of 1982.

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They were real troupers and did not mind looking silly... even after the glam period:
ABBA in the photo studio in April 1978.
What is it actually that Benny is wearing?

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Nobody really interested in anyone here:
Bjorn & Agnetha at home in Valentuna in the summer of 1975 and Frida & Benny visiting Oslo, early 1978.

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Benny, Frida, Agnetha (spotting the photographer of this pic) and Bjorn in Los Angeles (Beverly Hills to be accurate) in October 1976.

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Folksy Agnetha and trendy Frida at Agnetha & Bjorn's house in 1972.
Another clear example of how much they hated each other... lol!

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ABBA and the children of the International School of Stockholm in March 1979 after recording I Have A Dream at the Polar studios.

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Two lucky fans meeting their idols (that would be ABBA... d'uh) in 1978.
Check Agnetha and Frida both getting in and out of their coats...

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Collage of Frida and Agnetha in 1981: the serious and mature days of The Visitors.

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ABBA promoting Arrival (and in this case a radio station) in the UK, November 1976.

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Agnetha and Frida on stage during ABBA's European tour, early 1977.

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Official promocard of ABBA (posing in 1978) clearly signed by Polar associates and not by the real foursome (who were too busy)...

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Poster of a happy clappy ABBA as photograped early 1975.

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Shady girls!
Frida working on The Movie in the summer of 1977 and another pic of Agnetha in Switserland in February 1979.

2009-06-23T14:49:00.001-04:30

So what is Agnetha talking about? Nobody (especially the guys) seems to care... ABBA in April 1978.

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Frida, Stig and (watermarked) Agnetha relaxing at the pool of their hotel in Los Angeles during the US tour in September 1979.

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ABBA rehearsing their appearance on the US tv show NBC's Saturday Night (later known as Saturday Night Live) on Frida's bithday: November 15th 1975.

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One might think these two pics of Agnetha and Frida in 1977 are identical but the wind was playing with Agnetha's hair... ; )

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Another watermark that will not spoil our fun... lol!
ABBA in the cold city of Stockholm, early 1978.

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Not yet the real thing but the rehearsals (note Agnetha wearing her ID pass) of Waterloo in Brighton, April 1974.

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The boys, the girls in long dresses, a wooden horse and a lot of yellow...
ABBA in 1975.

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Under my sun!
Frida in the Swedish summer sun of 1977 and Agnetha in the Swiss winter sun in 1979.
(Note the -probably very fashionable- stripes in their clothes... lol)

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Gosh they are so done with it which is not strange when you check those costumes...
ABBA trying very hard in April 1978.

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So different and yet both so very gorgeous:
Girly Agnetha in Los Angeles in 1976 and stylish Frida in Stockholm in 1979.

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Another watermark to be ignored:
The ABBA members showing off some amazing assets in a tv studio in 1975.

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ABBA on location in Marstrand to film the promo video for the new single The Winner Takes It All, July 12th 1980.

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Diplomatic Bjorn and relaxed Benny posing in the summer of 1977.

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ABBA (with manager Stig Anderson and conductor Sven-Olof Walldoff) celebrate the win of Melodifestivalen with the Swedish version of Waterloo, February 1974.

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Agnetha and Frida promoting The Movie and The Album, February 1978.

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ABBA in kimono's, 1976:
Bjorn closing his eyes and Frida channeling Marilyn Monroe... sometimes these photoshoots were too much for the ABBA's.

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It was not just the music that made ABBA big!
Frida and Agnetha showing exactly what also made ABBA so very appealing, summer 1977.

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ABBA and little Linda enjoying a picknick and the Swedish sun on the island of Viggsö in the summer of 1975.

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Delightful looking Frida and Agnetha posing for the cam in 1975.
Benny and Bjorn are actually behind them but... well... here just the two ladies... You know: the voices of ABBA!!

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Page from a Japanese magazine (probably 1980) showing ABBA on tour in 1979. (The off stage pics are all from Edmonton, September 1979.)

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Frida and Agnetha in jeans and shirts rehearsing for the ABBA D'abba Dooo tv special in the summer of 1976.

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ABBA arriving in Switserland to film a special for the BBC, February 14th 1979.

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Little Linda knows how to get smiles on their faces!
ABBA in the summer of 1975... with and without Linda...

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So what is Frida up to (and does Benny know)??
ABBA posing for Bubi Heilemann in April 1978.

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Agnetha and Frida on stage in some amazing costumes, early 1977.

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They did not look bad either:
Bjorn and Benny working the camera (Bjorn of course a little bit more than Benny) in Holland, June 1975.

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UK, November 1976:
Gorgeous, pretty and beautiful ABBA at the height of their fame.

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Just ignore the watermarks:
Rare pics of Frida and Agnetha in the summer of 1975.

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Typical ABBA:
Passionate Frida & Benny, enthousiastic Bjorn and rather-be-somewhere-else Agnetha while celebrating their Melodifestivalen win at the home of manager Stig, February 1974.

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ABBA posing during rehearsals for the live part of the tv Swedish special ABBA d'Abba Doo in the summer of 1976.

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ABBA performing So Long on the German tv show Disco in January 1975.
No flawless performance since the little dance at the end is too much for poor Agnetha and she bumps into (also poor) Frida!

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New looks: gone are the perms!
Frida showing off her (not yet really) punk look late 1981 and Agnetha with a shorter, less drastic look, late 1982.

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ABBA pretending to be actually reading Hey magazine in 1974.

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Agnetha and Frida with in between them Frida's aunt Lollo Lyngstad celebrating in the autumn of 1979.

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How cool are they? ABBA during the so called Cave Session in 1978.

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Agnetha and Frida miming their hearts out to Money Money Money in their Charleston outfits for a tv show in the autumn of 1976.

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Half of ABBA:
Frida & Benny after the The Movie premiere in London in 1978 and Agnetha and Bjorn during an interview with a Norwegian journalist in 1982.

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ABBA visiting France 2 weeks after winning Eurovision in April 1974.

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Working the camera:
Benny giving the eye in 1976 and Bjorn showing off a bear (!) in 1979.

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Bjorn, Agnetha, Frida and Benny happily running around at the Ørstedparken in Copenhagen, June 1973.

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ABBA in 1975 with the girls showing off their famous cat costumes... unfortunately the long version...

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Fisty looking Frida and showing-off-her-assets-Agnetha on stage in 1979.
Note Bjorn's face near Agnetha's bum... lol!

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Even posing is something they do similar:
Bjorn and Benny in sunny Los Angeles, October 1976.

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ABBA visiting the Tour Eiffel on the Champ de Mars in Paris, October 1978.
Check Frida being inspired by the Can Can girls...

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Olivia Newton-John, Benny, Frida, Agnetha, Bjorn, Maurice, Robin & Barry Gibb and John Denver rehearsing for the Music for Unicef gala in New York, January 1979.

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The ABBA members, their manager Stig Anderson and his assistent Görel Johnsen during a meeting at the Polar offices, early 1977.
It looks like Agnetha is not too pleased with the traveling scedule and Stig is not too happy with her... lol!

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Frida during filming of the video for When All Is Said And Done at the Filmbolaget studios in Solna, August 1981. At that time considered to be the new single.

Agnetha during filming of the video for One Of Us in November 1981: ABBA's last number 1 in the UK.

2009-06-05T21:25:00.001-04:30

Agnetha and Frida toasting (Skol!) and dreaming away with actor Robert Hughes for The Movie in the summer of 1977.
Oh... Benny and Bjorn are there too...

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Agnetha on ski's in Switserland (totally ignoring that photographer) in 1979 and Frida sorta hiding in the bushes (green on green) in Holland in 1982.

2009-06-05T21:02:00.001-04:30

Frida, Bjorn, Benny and Agnetha during their separate interviews for the Swedish tv special ABBA D'abba Dooo, filmed in Augustus 1976 and broadcasted November 5th that same year. It would be watched by 4.5 Million Swedes; half the countries population!

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Kinda wrinkled and old but pretty rare me thinks: ABBA in full colour in 1974.

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ABBA on stage in 1979 ready to sing The Way Old Friends Do. But where did Agnetha hide Frida??

Ah here she is... doing her Gimme Gimme Gimme dance!

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Interesting props: ABBA during the filming of the Studio 2 tv show in Poland, October 1976.

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ABBA meeting the press after the first show of the tour in Edmonton (Canada), September 13th 1979.

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Agnetha and Frida going for it in a Japanese tv show in November 1978.

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Glam ABBA giving it their all in front of the camera in 1975.

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Agnetha and Frida with flowers in November 1982. Check out Frida's funny wink!

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ABBA (check out the girls' cool shades) on a sunny day in 1976.

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Bjorn and Benny in the summer of 1974, taken from a Dutch postermagazine as published in 1976.

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ABBA in the city of lights, Paris, in October 1978.

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Happy clappy ABBA posing in the spring of 1980. Another pic of this session was going to end up on the soon to be released Gracias Por La Musica album (as seen here: from Argentina).
(Album sleeve from ABBA4therecord.com)

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Agnetha and Frida even look happy with another (kinda strange) award in Germany, February 1977.

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ABBA attending the UK premiere of The Movie at the Warner West End 2 cinema in London, February 16th 1978.

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ABBA appearing in one of several ads for Blaupunkt electronics in 1975.

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ABBA at the end of a show during the 1979 tour.

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ABBA showing off their tasteful costumes (lol) during an improvised photoshoot somewhere in Holland in 1974.

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Pensive moods:
Frida in 1980 and Agnetha in 1982 (in the film Raskenstam).

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ABBA in Los Angeles during their 2 week promo trip through the USA in October 1976.

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From different angles:
Frida and Agnetha performing the opening song Tiger on stage during the 1977 tour.

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ABBA in the photo studio for yet another photo shoot in 1978.

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ABBA typically thanking their fans after the 1979 shows.

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Dreamgirls...
Sweet-Girl-Next-Door Agnetha in 1974 and Sultry-Diva-On-Couch Frida in 1975.

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Paris, October 1980:
ABBA posing for the international press while promoting the new album Super Trouper.

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ABBA after winning Melodifestivalen, February 1974: who says they were bad dressers? Please click pic to enlarge!
Check out Agnetha being the only one striking a pose... lol!

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Bjorn and Benny (also known as Bennybjorn) during ABBA's 1979 tour:
Bjorn during rehearsals and Benny on stage (is he reciting a poem??).

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Classic ABBA at the Polar office in 1976.

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ABBA's after their pressconference in Sydney, 28 February 1977.
Is Frida trying to order a coffee?

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ABBA posing for German Bravo magazine in April 1978.