
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson. He is the oldest member of the group. Björn Kristian Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg on 25 April 1945. In 1951, he moved with his family to Västervik, Kalmar County. His parents were Aina Eliza Viktoria (née Bengtsson; 1909–2005) and Erik Gunnar Ulvaeus (1912–1999). Ulvaeus has one sister, Eva Margareta (born 1948). Ulvaeus studied business and law at Lund University after undertaking his military service, alongside comedian Magnus Holmström. Before gaining international recognition with ABBA, Ulvaeus was a member of the Swedish folk-schlager band Hootenanny Singers, known earlier as the "West Bay Singers", who had an enormous following in Scandinavia. While on the road in southern Sweden in 1966, they encountered the Hep Stars, and Ulvaeus quickly became friends with the group's keyboard player, Benny Andersson. The two musicians shared a passion for songwriting, and each found a composing partner in the other. On meeting again that summer, they composed their first song together: "Isn't It Easy To Say", a song soon to be recorded by Andersson's group. The two continued teaming up for music, helping out each other's bands in the recording studio, and adding guitar or keyboards respectively to the recordings. In 1968, they composed two songs together: "A Flower in My Garden", recorded by Hep Stars, and their first real hit "Ljuva Sextiotal", for which Stig Anderson wrote lyrics. The latter, a cabarét-style ironic song about the 1960s, was submitted for the 1969 Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest, but was rejected; it was later recorded by diva Brita Borg. Another hit came in 1969 with "Speleman", also recorded by Hep Stars. While filming a nostalgic schlager special for television in March 1969, Björn met eighteen-year-old future wife and singer-songwriter Agnetha Fältskog. Björn Ulvaeus continued recording and touring with Hootenanny Singers to great acclaim while working as in-house producer at Polar Record Company (headed by future manager Stig Anderson), with Benny as his new partner. The twosome produced records by other artists and continued writing songs together. Polar artist Arne Lamberts Swedish version of "A Flower in My Garden" ("Fröken Blåklint") was one of Björn & Benny's first in-house productions. In December 1969, they recorded the new song "She's My Kind of Girl", which became their first single as a duo. It was released in March 1970, giving them a minor hit in Sweden and a top-ten hit in Japan two years later. The Hootenanny Singers entered Svensktoppen, the Swedish radio charts, in 1970 with "Omkring Tiggarn Från Luossa", a cover of an old folk-schlager song. It remained on the charts for 52 consecutive weeks, a record which endured until 1990; the song was produced by Björn and Benny, and had Ulvaeus's solo vocal and Benny's piano. ... Source: Article "Björn Ulvaeus" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
105 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 105

Saturday Night Live
1975

Eurovision Song Contest
1956

Leute heute
1997

Champs-Elysées
1982

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979

Wetten, dass..?
1981

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Beckmann
1999

Newsnight
1980

Midi Première
1975

Melodifestivalen
1959
Die Drehscheibe
1964
Aeschbacher
2001

Skavlan
2009

Mamma Mia!
2008
Système 2
1975

BIANCA
2022

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018

Welcome to Sweden
2014
Okay
1979
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
1969

ABBA - Definitive Collector´s Edition
1972

Am laufenden Band
1974

The Time Thief
2025
Show-Express
1980

Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976

Benjamin's
2021

The Story of Musicals
2012

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
2024

ABBA: The Movie
1977

Palme
2012

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009

ABBA: Against the Odds
2024

Schyyy... det er lørdag
1984

The A-Z of Eurovision
2020

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015

ZDF-Kultnacht
2002

ABBA - The Last Video
2004

ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold
2023

Agnetha: ABBA & After
2013

ABBA: The Definitive Collection
2002

Made in Sweden - for export
1975

ABBA V Queen
2022

Ted - till minne av en popartist
1998

Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
2022
Bjorn of the Dead
—

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
2026

Kristina från Duvemåla - en konsertresa till Minnesota
1996

ABBA: Dancing Queen
2012

Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014

Olivia
1978

ABBA Forever: A Celebration
2019

Ted Gärdestad - För kärlekens skull
2016

Året var 1974
2023

Chess in Concert
1989

ABBA In Japan
1978

Stikkan
2024

Listen to the Music
1979

ABBA: The Winner Takes It All - The ABBA Story
1999

Chess på svenska: The Musical That Came Home
2003

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984

ABBA: In Their Own Words
2020

ABBA: Super Troupe
2019

Abba - The complete studio recording
2005

ABBA in Concert
1980

Älskling på vift
1964
Tour d'Eurovision
2005

ABBA-dabba-doo
1976

ABBA: 16 Hits
2006

Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol1
2004
Mr Trendsetter - Stikkan Anderson
1975

ABBA in Switzerland
1979

Det svenska schlagerkriget
2024

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
1981

Sven-Bertil
2016

Det hender ikke meg
1979

Åsa-Nisse in Rocket Form
1966

ABBA in Pictures: The Photographer's Story
2016

ABBA: New Beginnings
2021

ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
2003

Året var 1975
2024

ABBA: The Missing 40 Years
2021

ABBA - ABBA (DVD from Deluxe Edition)
2015

Musikladen Live: The Very Best of ABBA
1999

ABBA: Secrets of their Greatest Hits
2019

More ABBA at the BBC
2024

The Joy of ABBA
2013

Abba: Rock Case Studies
2007

Super Troupers: Thirty Years of ABBA
2004

ABBA: Gracias por la música
2014

ABBA: The Visitors
2007

ABBA in Studio 2
1976

ABBA: Words and Music
1981

Thank You for the Music
2012

ABBA: 50 Years of Pop
2024

ABBA: The Golden Years
2007

ABBA – Voyage | LIVE
2021

ABBA: The History
2003

Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much
1998

ABBA '80 Concert Tour in Japan
2009

ABBA - Vom Popwunder zu Avataren
2024
ABBA Veronica Musicspecial
1977

ABBA: The Essential Collection
2012

ABBA at the BBC
2013

Räkna de lyckliga stunderna blott
1969