{"id":5114,"date":"2016-07-25T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=5114"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:34:07","slug":"sing-abba-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/sing-abba-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of ABBA in Sweden &#8211; &#8220;Let&#8217;s All Sing Along&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sing-ABBA-songs-How-to-be-Swedish-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5174\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sing-ABBA-songs-How-to-be-Swedish-s-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Sing ABBA songs - How to be Swedish\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sing-ABBA-songs-How-to-be-Swedish-s-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sing-ABBA-songs-How-to-be-Swedish-s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sing-ABBA-songs-How-to-be-Swedish-s-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sing-ABBA-songs-How-to-be-Swedish-s.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Have you ever heard of ABBA? Of course, you did! Stupid of me to even ask that question.<\/p>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t,\u00a0ABBA is a music band from the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s which has reached great international success. They even won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, with a song called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FsVeMz1F5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waterloo<\/a>&#8220;. Until today, their songs are played all over the world on the radio and on parties where people like to dance.<\/p>\n<h2>ABBA basic knowledge<\/h2>\n<div>Whenever you talk to another Swede about ABBA, you should know the following facts<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>ABBA are the initials for their band members:<br \/>\n<strong>A<\/strong>gnetha F\u00e4ltskog,<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong>j\u00f6rn Ulvaeus,<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong>enny Andersson,<br \/>\n<strong>A<\/strong>nni-Frid Lyngstad<\/li>\n<li>The first two and the latter two were couples (not anymore though)<\/li>\n<li>ABBA has nothing to do with the Swedish producer of &#8220;fishy&#8221; food, <a href=\"https:\/\/abba.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abba<\/a>, which has been longer &#8216;on the market&#8217; than the band. Actually the band asked the food company if they could use the acronym &#8216;ABBA&#8217; as their band name. The food company didn&#8217;t mind and answered with friendly\u00a0a letter and a can of tuna<\/li>\n<li>They declined a 1 billion dollar offer for a reunion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ABBA spin-offs<\/h3>\n<p>Although they declined this immense amount of money, they still wrap their work in different ways and thereby make a few Swedish Krona and keep their songs\u00a0in the peoples&#8217; memory.\u00a0In the 90&#8217;s they promoted a cover band called A-Teens. There was also a movie called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0795421\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Mamma Mia<\/em><\/a>, based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadway.com\/shows\/mamma-mia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">musical<\/a> with the same name.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to know the A-Teens songs or have been to the musical. But I strongly recommend you to watch the movie.\u00a0Every Swede has. That&#8217;s why you should probably too. Just don&#8217;t expect too much from it. It&#8217;s mostly mature\u00a0people singing ABBA songs. Then young people and old people get married while singing\u00a0ABBA songs. Then everyone is in a good mood. Including you.<\/p><div id=\"hejsw-2720959899\" class=\"hejsw-content-sfa-desktop-and-tablet-1 hejsw-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eu3RS1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png\" alt=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png 900w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>ABBA museum<\/h2>\n<p>Since many Sweden-tourists have a big interest in ABBA and a wide open\u00a0wallet,\u00a0an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbathemuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABBA museum<\/a> has been built in Stockholm&#8217;s old town, where you can see old ABBA dresses and other sparkling things.<\/p>\n<p>They even installed a telephone that ABBA members ring once in a while and talk to random visitors. What would you ask or say, if you would happen to stand next to the phone when one of the As or Bs\u00a0called?<\/p>\n<h2>Sing along an ABBA song<\/h2>\n<p>ABBA songs have simple\u00a0lyrics which makes them easy to remember. Ideal to sing along while driving or cooking. As a Swede you might even experience that you find yourself \u00a0on a party, the people around starting to sing along (or rather shouting) the lyrics of, say, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gimme Gimme Gimme<\/a>. To perform better during those occasions, you might consider training your voice playing one of the ABBA Singstar games. Alternatively, play the album ABBA Gold in your car when you&#8217;re on a longer trip.\u00a0Since I started doing that my lyric skills and party-singing performances have improved immensely. ;)<\/p>\n<p>With other words, there&#8217;s a lot of ABBA stuff going on in Sweden. Don&#8217;t feel embarrassed just sing-along!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard of ABBA? Of course, you did! Stupid of me to even ask that question. 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