The couple separated in 1980 and divorced in 1981. The following year she was engaged to Swedish pianist Benny Andersson, also a member of ABBA, until they married in 1978. In April 1964, Anni-Frid married Ragnar Fredriksson, with whom she had two children they divorced in 1970. In 1996, Lyngstad recorded her final album in Swedish, Djupa andetag ( Deep Breaths), released by Anderson Records, before retiring from music. After the break-up of ABBA, she continued an international solo singing career with mixed success, releasing the albums Something's Going On (1982) and Shine (1984) the latter being her last international album. Although she had moderate success in Sweden, as she was a contestant for Melodifestivalen 1969 with her song ' HГ¤rlig Г¤r vГҐr jord', she did not reach international fame until she joined ABBA, which has sold over 150 million albums and singles worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music acts in history.

She won the competition with her song, ' En ledig dag', leading to a television appearance on Hylands HГ¶rna on Dagen H as a result, she was signed by EMI, and in turn was signed by Stig Anderson's record label, Polar Music, after years of releasing several singles and an album, Frida under the earlier record label. She is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA.Д«orn in BjГёrkГҐsen ( Ballangen) to a Norwegian mother and a German soldier father, she grew up in TorshГ¤lla, Sweden, and started her first solo career there, as a jazz singer in 1967, through a talent competition called New Faces. Princess Anni-Frid, Dowager Countess of Plauen ( nГ©e Lyngstad born 15 November 1945), better known by her nickname Frida, is a Norwegian- Swedish singer, songwriter and environmentalist.

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