LINGSTAD Anni-Frid (Anni-Frid Lingstad)

Anni-Frid Lingstad (Anni-Frid Lingstad) was born on 15 November 1945., In Narvik, a town above the Arctic Circle in Norway. Her father was Alfred Haase, a German soldier, who returned to Germany and did not learn that left nineteen Sinni Lingstad pregnant. Two years Sinni died, and these children began to grow mother Sinni. They moved to Sweden (Many years later, Haase to his amazement he accidentally discovers that he has a daughter - a world famous pop star, a father and daughter first met in 1977.).

Young Anni-Frid loved to listen to folk songs that she sang grandmother, and soon she is singing with might and main to. "First, so to speak, an official statement on the scene I made in 11 years. I listened to the radio and bought records. One of the most favorite songs I had "Blue Moon", a favorite singers Elvis and Tommy Steele ".

Although Frida and began performing on stage since the age of thirteen as part of different groups, the first real success came to her in 1967 when she took first place in the contest of young performers in Stockholm. During this time she turned 22 and she was already a married woman - with Ragnar Frederickson, who later became her husband, she first sang in a jazz band, and then organized Anni-Frid Four (Quaternary Anni-Frid).

However, her married life lasted not too long. When before it opened good prospects - Fried has signed a contract with the Swedish branch of EMI, - she, without thinking twice, moved to the capital, leaving behind her husband and children.

Can not say that her account of these years were a great success, and it was not until 1971 - in 1969 she met Benny, and he began to produce the records of. It happened this way: with Charlie Norman (Charlie Normann) she participated in a seven months tour of Sweden when she met Benny Andersson in the restaurant Malmo. "He was with Bjorn - they had to write a song for the Swedish Competition. Nothing extraordinary happened - so a small party in a hotel room ... The next time I met him in Stockholm ". Frida and Benny were members of the "juke-box"-the jury on the radio: they are the team to decide which of the new records can be a hit, and what better not to broadcast. Benny was the president of the jury. They are often met with Frida at work, and not surprisingly, that soon began to meet and beyond.